By Mary Ann Mueller VOL Special Correspondent www.virtueonline.org February 26, 2026   It does not matter if a person is born in Washington State or Washington, DC or Washington, England; Christchurch, Virginia or Christchurch, New Zealand; Moscow, Russia or Moscow, Idaho; Johannesburg, South Africa or Johannesburg, California; Paris, Wisconsin or Paris, France; THE Bethlehem or Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Nogales, Arizona or Nogales, Mexico; Sault Ste. Marie, Canada or Sault St

Seizure by US Non-Profit Org. to grab UK ministry declared illegitimate. Report includes unfounded claims of spiritual abuse SPECIAL REPORT By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 26, 2026 British lawyers investigating the recent “takeover” of Barnabas Aid, an international aid agency founded in 1993 by Patrick Sookhdeo focusing on supporting Christians facing persecution due to their faith, say that it was an illegal, illegitimate seizure of the organization.

Hamas, Not Israel, Bears Responsibility for Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis, Argue Critics Canadian Anglican Archbishop Shane Parker By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 25, 2026   Archbishop Shane Parker, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, recently visited the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem. During his trip, he expressed strong concern for Palestinians in Gaza, describing the situation as "the squeezing out of a people, the crushing of a people." While he di

From David W. Virtue, DD February 24, 2026 When the duly mandated banker of a non-profit company in South Africa (an “NPC”) recently found that his access to the bank accounts of the NPC had been blocked after illegal termination of his banking mandate, it opened a Pandora’s box. The NPC, which is registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission of South Africa (CIPC) as St Barnabas Aid, was incorporated by the Barnabas founders in 2017 as a partner entity t

Monsignor Gene Thomas Gomulka SPECIAL REPORT   By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 23, 2026   Gene Thomas Gomulka is a one of a kind Roman Catholic. A retired Navy Captain/Chaplain, author, investigative reporter, and screenwriter, he is also a sex abuse victims’ advocate who helps those who were sexually abused or unjustly reprised against by Roman Catholic Church leaders and their attorneys for reporting abuse. Gomulka's work often goes against the mainstre

By Bishop Joanne Grenfell East Anglian Daily Times February 21, 2026 Church is for everyone: God has made us to live in communities, and their foundation must be love. I believe that gay people should have the same opportunities as straight people to have their faithful, loving, and stable relationships blessed in church, and to know that the Church wants to support and celebrate the God-given love that is contained within their relationship. I value the ministry of LGBTQI+ c

GSFA will stay in the Communion but demand reform as the price GAFCON has cut ties with Canterbury and will consecrate a new Archbishop to replace the current Archbishop of Canterbury PHOTO: GSFA primates present at the Seychelles meeting: Archbishops Justin Badi Arama of South Sudan, Titus Chung of South East Asia, Ande Titre of Congo, Samy Shehata of Alexandria, Gilbert Rateloson of the Indian Ocean, and Miguel Uchoa of the Anglican Church of Brazil – Courtesy of TLC COMMEN

By  Joel Kotkin  &  Bheki Mahlobo , RealClearInvestigationsFebruary 17, 2026   The decline of religion remains a fundamental reality in most Western countries, particularly in Europe, where over 50% of those under age 40 do not identify with any faith. Even in more religious America, some estimate that as many as 100,000 churches will close in the near future. Meanwhile, the ranks of “Nones,” those outside religious communities, have grown so large that their numbers rival th

OPINION   by Bijan Omrani   THE TELEGRAPH February 19, 2026   As it is, the Church simply isn’t doing enough - James Manning/PA Wire   This past year, there has been a lessening of the multi-generational gloom that has hung over British churches since the 1960s. The conviction that Christianity would soon be swept away by secular modernity has been recently overturned by the “Quiet Revival”: the idea that many, particularly the young, are beginning to find faith and even retu

By Chuck Collins www.virtueonline.org February 18, 2026   Martin Luther died in his home town of Eisleben, Germany on February 18, 1546 at the age of sixty-two. It’s impossible to overstate the impact he had on the Christian church, including the Church of England.   His theology of the cross (theologia crucis) drove all the aspects of his life and thinking. Luther wrote that there are two stories: the glory story and the cross story. The glory road is our default setting as

Dr. Alice C. Linsley Biblical Anthropology blogspot February 17, 2026 As a Christian anthropologist, I read the Bible to understand how the biblical Hebrew reasoned. Their reasoning is not well represented by the term "complementarian" because that term suggests that there is no hierarchy in their reasoning. That is a false assumption. Orthodoxy requires binary reasoning. That is how the Bible presents the male-female relationship. To understand binary reasoning, we must cons

By Gavin Ashenden From Substack Feb 16 It started in America. So much does. In the 1980’s TEC, the Episcopal Church led the way with the legitimisation of homosexual blessing and marriage. It split denominations, shrunk congregations, and changed the focus of Christian living from holiness to self-authentification. The strategy was always the same. You start with talking about the authenticity of ‘lived experience’ and then change Church rules. The same strategy and play book

Ecce homo by Antonio Ciseri 2 By Dave Doveton, Anglican Mainstream February 16, 2026 In my previous article[i] on the use of language to advance an argument or a cause, I discussed the use of what are termed ‘empty’ or ‘floating’ signifiers. This term is used to define words that do not have clear meanings or words that can have different meanings in different contexts and for different audiences[vii]. Empty signifiers are useful tools to rally support for a specific cause or

Global South Challenges Canterbury's Headship QUOTES OF THE WEEK   "For the essence of sin is man substituting himself for God [Gen. 3:1-7], while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man [2 Cor. 5:21]. Man asserts himself against God and puts himself where only God deserves to be; God sacrifices himself for man and puts himself where only man deserves to be." — John Stott   "I will write this until I'm blue in the face: education is positively related to

Progressive Christians speak of pain and anger as issue is put in deep freeze after London meeting By Harriet Sherwood THE GUARDIAN 12 Feb 2026 The hopes of progressive Christians in the Church of England have suffered a big blow after years of bitter and divisive debate, with the C of E’s ruling body agreeing to halt work on LGBTQ+ equality. At a meeting in London on Thursday, the General Synod backed a document from bishops concluding that consensus between conservative an

By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 12, 2026   I stumbled across a blog the other day. The author, the Rev. Kevin E. Martin, an Episcopal priest, made a number of thoughtful statements about how the Episcopal Church could recover its soul.   He made nine claims, which you can read here.   1.      Emphasize the apostolic ministry of bishops as witnesses of the resurrected Christ and agents of Christ’s love for all. This means stopping the overemphasis on their

By the Rev. Dr. Ronald Moore THE SOUTHERN ANGLICAN February 11, 2026   The period between the Resurrection of Christ (traditionally dated around A.D. 30–33) and roughly A.D. 125 represents one of the most formative yet least institutionally documented eras in Christian history. This was the age of the Apostles and their immediate successors — a time before formal creeds were standardized, before canon lists were fixed, and before the later episcopal structures became fully de

Archbishop Mullally used her maiden presidential address to re-commit to better safeguarding standards. No mention of God, Jesus, sin or salvation COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 10, 2026 By any reckoning, Dame Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury's maiden presidential address to Synod was a dismal, disastrous failure. The rite for penance should be invoked. The address was delivered to members of General Synod - the Church's parli

Failures go right to the top of the ecclesiastical chain COMMENTARY   By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 8, 2026   If you wonder why the Global South in all its variety regards the Church of England with mild scorn, but with even deeper shouts of heresy, one need look no further than its failed safeguarding practices.   It is a mockery of all that is holy.   Dr. Ian Paul, an evangelical theologian in the CofE outlines it all here. https://www.psephizo.com/li

By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org February 3, 2026 Two distinguished emeritus archbishops, John Chew (Southeast Asia) and Mouneer Anis (Egypt), have written a history outlining the journey of the Anglican churches in the Global South following the heretical theology and disastrous behavior of a number of North American Episcopal bishops. Three archbishops—Mouneer Anis, John Chew, and Peter Akinola (Nigeria)—met informally in Cairo in 2003 with no fixed agenda except