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In 1995
David W. Virtue, D.D., established VIRTUEONLINE, an Episcopal/Anglican Online News Service dedicated to serving orthodox Anglicans around the globe. The service has successfully reached nearly 4 million readers across 204 countries.
Commentaries by
David W. Virtue
New York Episcopal Bishop and Jewish Journalist Clash Over Deportation of Palestinian Student
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 17, 2025 The Episcopal Bishop of New York, the Rt. Rev. Matthew Heyd, has condemned...
Presiding Bishop says support for new church plants a must if TEC is to survive
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 14, 2025 The penny has finally dropped. The new Episcopal Presiding Bishop...
OUR CIVILIZATIONAL MOMENT: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds
By Os Guinness Kildare 190pp $16.25 Reviewed by David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 13, 2025 The world is fast...
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New York Episcopal Bishop and Jewish Journalist Clash Over Deportation of Palestinian Student
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 17, 2025 The Episcopal Bishop of New York, the Rt. Rev. Matthew Heyd, has condemned...
Presiding Bishop says support for new church plants a must if TEC is to survive
COMMENTARY By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 14, 2025 The penny has finally dropped. The new Episcopal Presiding Bishop...
OUR CIVILIZATIONAL MOMENT: The Waning of the West and the War of the Worlds
By Os Guinness Kildare 190pp $16.25 Reviewed by David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org March 13, 2025 The world is fast...
News From Around the World
GAFCON: The Plano Statement
March 15, 2025 The Gafcon Primates Council met in Plano, Texas on Tuesday, 12 March 2025 and during the rest of that week held G25, a...
Corrupt Episcopal Bishop Todd Ousley elected bishop provisional of Wyoming
Anglican Watch March 12, 2025 Corrupt Episcopal bishop Todd Ousley, recently released from his previous role as Bishop for Pastoral...
ACNA’s 2019 Prayer Book Joins Nashotah Collection
By Tyler Hummel THE LIVING CHURCH March 3, 2025 Nashotah Dean Lauren Whitnah with ACNA bishops and Nashotah faculty and alumni |...
Church of England
IS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CRISIS?
The Rev Canon Dr Chris Sugden explains how 2025 might pan out and notes developments that could encourage evangelicals. By Chris Sugden...
Process for choosing the next Archbishop of Canterbury ‘Confusing’ says Evangelical Council member
By Anna Rees PREMIER CHRISTIAN NEWS March 11, 2025 A member of the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) has criticised the...
CofE diocese’s new inclusive prayer guide says Christianity spread by racist European
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor THE CHRISTIAN POST March 11, 2025 A Church of England diocese has introduced a new prayer...
Viewpoints by David Virtue
Is Denominationalism Dead?// GAFCON Primates to meet in Texas // Has the Sexual Revolution Destroyed Mainline Churches // Second Episcopal Bishop Berates Trump // Lord Carey Faces Disciplinary Action
Nashotah House Receives ACNA Prayer Book // Marty E. Martin has died // We should not ask, ‘What is wrong with the world?’ for that...
Only 1% of Churches do Evangelism/ ACNA outpaced TEC in post-Covid returning attendance/ ACNA faces ecclesiastical crisis/ Sexual Abuse in UK, TEC and ACNA/ Kenyan ABC repudiates USAID/
Church of England Rudderless – Safeguarding Unresolved / Most clergy will not perform S-S Weddings Unlike so many, we do not peddle the...
Washington Episcopal Bishop Rips Trump Over Immigration & Gays * Church of England in Crisis * New TEC Presiding Bishop Appeals for Marginalized *
York Archbishop Fails Safeguarding Test * Calvin Robinson Tossed out of Continuing Anglican Church * US Episcopal Priest Elected Bp of...
Culture Wars
U.S. Christianity’s Downturn Levels Off, but Catholic Church Faces Precipitous Decline
Catholicism loses 8.4 members for every convert it gains through ‘religious switching’ By JULES GOMES March 6, 2025 The decades-long...
‘LGBT’ is over – whether the BBC likes it or not
Sexuality and gender are two completely different things. So credit to Donald Trump for this return to common sense Michael Deacon ,...
Poll Shows Most Americans Oppose Transgender Participation in Women's Sports and Gender Care for Kids
By Christianity Daily January 24, 2025 Photo Credit: Unsplash/ Ben Mater A recent survey reveals that nearly half of Americans believe...
As Eye See It
The Divine Martin E. Marty
by David G. Duggan © www.virtueonline.org March 6, 2025 While the world agonizes over Ukraine, Trump’s speech to Congress, and the...
God Shows Signs of Life in America
By Abe Greenwald COMMENTARY February 26, 2025 A new Pew poll of religion in America captures something unexpected: “After many years of...
The Hope of Return: Os Guinness
By Michael Giere THE STREAM February 24, 2025 The western world is clearly shaking apart. The rise of the Trump phenomenon, the fallout...
Reformation and Renewal
Can PB Sean Rowe and his bishops turn the Episcopal Church Around? Is aligning itself with the culture a winning strategy?
By David W. Virtue, DD www.virtueonline.org December 13, 2024 A lot is being made of culture, realignment and restructuring as churches...
Children’s charity rejects Christmas donation from Archbishop Justin Welby
The Children’s Society said it is committed to supporting survivors of abuse and accepting the donation would not be consistent with its...
Theology, History and Science
A Living Faith Justifies
Dr. Alice C. Linsley https://jandyongenesis.blogspot.com/ March 15, 2025 What is the difference between a living faith and a dead faith?...
Why We Should Not Impose Ashes
By Chuck Collins www.virtueonline.org March 8, 2025 ASH WEDNESDAY is very strange for Anglicans. First, the passage from Matthew...
English Bibles, Refuted Clericalism, and Reformation Anglicanism
By Sarah Carter JUICY ECUMENISM February 18, 2025 Misrepresented for being born chiefly out of King Henry VIII’s divorce, Anglican...
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