Welcome to Divinity Lutheran Church

Every once in a while, it’s helpful to know what is going on with our other siblings in Christ around the world, some of whom are part of what is called the Worldwide Anglican Communion, comprising of over 80 million members spread across 165 countries, including what we know as the Episcopal Church here in the United States. And although each of its regional church bodies tend to operate on their own, they claim a shared history dating back to the Church of England, which did their own Lutheran-esque breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church nearly half a millennia ago. Ever since, the spiritual leader of the Church of England, instead of the Pope, being the Bishop of Rome, the Anglicans have been led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. And, much like those who have served as Pope for the Roman Catholic Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury for nearly 1500 years has always been male. And then, this past week, for a church that just might be even more stubborn than the Lutherans and not always the quickest to embrace any change-ups to how they operate, the Worldwide Anglican Communion installed their first woman as the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the spiritual leader and guide of over 80 million members around the world....