Posts tagged Church schism
Kentucky Methodists Are Dividing — And Division Is An Age-Old Tradition In Itself
Kentucky Methodists Are Dividing — And Division Is An Age-Old Tradition In Itself

(OPINION) I hate to see Christian groups, whether large or small, break up. But they do. Regularly. It seems fitting to put this development into some historical perspective. Church splits aren’t the exception; they’re the rule. The history of Christianity sometimes seems to be one division after another, endlessly, each split as agonizing for those involved as the previous ones were for earlier generations.

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Opinion, Analysis, Christianity, protestantsPaul PratherPaul Prather, United Methodist Church, Church split, Church schism, Religion and politics, Church division, Christian unityComment
Schism Or Not, What’s Next For The Huge, Disrupted Global Anglican Communion?
Schism Or Not, What’s Next For The Huge, Disrupted Global Anglican Communion?

(OPINION) If the Anglican Communion did not suffer schism on April 21, it’s the next best thing. A declaration issued that day at the conclusion of an international church assembly in Kigali, Rwanda, means the media and other religion-watchers should gird loins for years of maneuvers, legalities, confusion and acrimony.

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Opinion, Anglican, Africa, Analysis, Christianity, Conflict, Episcopal, Human Rights, NewsRichard OstlingGetReligion.org, Richard Ostling, Dick Ostling, Anglican Communion, Global South Fellowship of Angligan Churches, Global Anglican Future Conference, Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, Church schismComment