Emily Hunter McGowin
@ehmcgowin.bsky.social
associate professor of theology, Wheaton College | priest-theologian, C4SO | author, Fortress Press, Cascade, & IVP | Households of Faith: Practicing Family in the Kingdom of God: https://www.ivpress.com/households-of-faith
If only those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to acquiesce to state-sanctioned terrorism.
As Chicago suffers state-sanctioned terror, the Christians who once were so vocal have become strangely silent.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If only those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to acquiesce to state-sanctioned terrorism.
I’m grateful for the clarity and humility evident in this overview and evaluation of the state of the ACNA from Fr. Hill.
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Is the church broken?
A call for reform.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I’m grateful for the clarity and humility evident in this overview and evaluation of the state of the ACNA from Fr. Hill.
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“The ACNA leadership has to stop expecting people to blindly trust them. That ship has sailed,” Miller said. “They have to start demonstrating that they are absolutely trustworthy, that they are well above reproach, if they expect our denomination to survive.”
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ACNA Archbishop Faces Second Sexual Misconduct Complaint - The Living Church
The complainants say they tried to advance accusations against Steve Wood for more than a year, and question the possibility of a fair hearing while he retains his powers.
livingchurch.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The revelations about the ACNA continue. I don’t have much more by way of words at the moment. My prayer remains: May the light drive out all darkness and the truth set us all free.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Second woman says U.S. Anglican Church archbishop sexually harassed her
A new allegation adds to a crisis facing the denomination founded by conservatives who split from the Episcopal Church in the early 2000s over an openly gay bishop.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The revelations about the ACNA continue. I don’t have much more by way of words at the moment. My prayer remains: May the light drive out all darkness and the truth set us all free.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Friends, if you're loving Everybody Scream from Florence + the Machine, may I suggest you try Julian of Norwich's "Revelations of Divine Love"? She's featured in "Perfume and Milk" & you might love it. Get a contemporary translation & start w the Short Version.
Signed,
Theology Nerd & Julian Stan
Signed,
Theology Nerd & Julian Stan
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Friends, if you're loving Everybody Scream from Florence + the Machine, may I suggest you try Julian of Norwich's "Revelations of Divine Love"? She's featured in "Perfume and Milk" & you might love it. Get a contemporary translation & start w the Short Version.
Signed,
Theology Nerd & Julian Stan
Signed,
Theology Nerd & Julian Stan
To sum up:
Oct 20: Presentment filed with ACNA against Abp Wood
3 wks later: no Board of Inquiry formed to investigate; still deciding if presentment is in proper form
Now: Interim Abp has significant complaints against him for supporting abusive leaders too
livingchurch.org/news/chaplai...
Oct 20: Presentment filed with ACNA against Abp Wood
3 wks later: no Board of Inquiry formed to investigate; still deciding if presentment is in proper form
Now: Interim Abp has significant complaints against him for supporting abusive leaders too
livingchurch.org/news/chaplai...
Chaplains Challenge Bishop Ray Sutton’s Interim Role - The Living Church
A group of chaplains with histories in the ACNA’s chaplaincy jurisdiction claim that Ray Sutton’s appointment has “further aggravated” the church’s “crisis of credibility” in handling clergy misconduc...
livingchurch.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
To sum up:
Oct 20: Presentment filed with ACNA against Abp Wood
3 wks later: no Board of Inquiry formed to investigate; still deciding if presentment is in proper form
Now: Interim Abp has significant complaints against him for supporting abusive leaders too
livingchurch.org/news/chaplai...
Oct 20: Presentment filed with ACNA against Abp Wood
3 wks later: no Board of Inquiry formed to investigate; still deciding if presentment is in proper form
Now: Interim Abp has significant complaints against him for supporting abusive leaders too
livingchurch.org/news/chaplai...
Many things are terrible right now, but the latest albums from Hayley Williams, Brandi Carlile, and Florence + the Machine means the soundtrack is not. What a month of music.
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Many things are terrible right now, but the latest albums from Hayley Williams, Brandi Carlile, and Florence + the Machine means the soundtrack is not. What a month of music.
Since our technocratic overlords are surveilling us 24/7, analyzing and monetizing all our activities, I'd like to be able to go on record once for all-time: NO, I DO NOT WANT TO USE YOUR STUPID AI ASSISTANT, STOP ASKING ME.
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Since our technocratic overlords are surveilling us 24/7, analyzing and monetizing all our activities, I'd like to be able to go on record once for all-time: NO, I DO NOT WANT TO USE YOUR STUPID AI ASSISTANT, STOP ASKING ME.
The reckoning with abuse in U.S. churches continues, this time with the Assemblies of God.
“Predators, they hide in the dark, and the church is helping hide them.”
May light shine in the darkness. May the truth set us free.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“Predators, they hide in the dark, and the church is helping hide them.”
May light shine in the darkness. May the truth set us free.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How Assemblies of God churches shielded accused predators as they abused children
NBC News uncovered a 50-year pattern of sex abuse, silence and cover-up in the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.
www.nbcnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The reckoning with abuse in U.S. churches continues, this time with the Assemblies of God.
“Predators, they hide in the dark, and the church is helping hide them.”
May light shine in the darkness. May the truth set us free.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“Predators, they hide in the dark, and the church is helping hide them.”
May light shine in the darkness. May the truth set us free.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Reposted by Emily Hunter McGowin
“We won’t overcome evil with cleverness, memes, or namecalling (as good as that might feel sometimes). We overcome evil by being salt-of-the-earth people, rooted, neighborly, doing the mundane work of care and compassion: …
This Sunday's sermon from the Rev. @aaronmharrison.bsky.social knocked my socks off. I commend it to you. Gospel preaching for this moment.
www.christouradvocate.org/blog/not-the...
www.christouradvocate.org/blog/not-the...
It’s Not the Pharisee’s House — CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE
If the Church is the body of Christ, which scripture testifies that it is, then it must be a place where God invites us to learn to tell the truth, about ourselves and about him. The Pharisee’s tithes...
www.christouradvocate.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“We won’t overcome evil with cleverness, memes, or namecalling (as good as that might feel sometimes). We overcome evil by being salt-of-the-earth people, rooted, neighborly, doing the mundane work of care and compassion: …
This Sunday's sermon from the Rev. @aaronmharrison.bsky.social knocked my socks off. I commend it to you. Gospel preaching for this moment.
www.christouradvocate.org/blog/not-the...
www.christouradvocate.org/blog/not-the...
It’s Not the Pharisee’s House — CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE
If the Church is the body of Christ, which scripture testifies that it is, then it must be a place where God invites us to learn to tell the truth, about ourselves and about him. The Pharisee’s tithes...
www.christouradvocate.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This Sunday's sermon from the Rev. @aaronmharrison.bsky.social knocked my socks off. I commend it to you. Gospel preaching for this moment.
www.christouradvocate.org/blog/not-the...
www.christouradvocate.org/blog/not-the...
If only all those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to accept state-sanctioned violence against Christ's body.
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If only all those who have been buried with Christ in baptism and raised to life in new creation would refuse to accept state-sanctioned violence against Christ's body.
A second important article about abuse in the ACNA, this focused much closer to home (in Wheaton). Again: may the Light of Christ overcome all darkness and may the truth set us free.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
A bishop’s secret church trial and the U.S. Anglican Church in turmoil
A child sex offender, a man accused of attempted second-degree murder, a man who solicited a prostitute — all were allowed to lead or worship in Stewart Ruch’s diocese.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A second important article about abuse in the ACNA, this focused much closer to home (in Wheaton). Again: may the Light of Christ overcome all darkness and may the truth set us free.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Sharing this important story without much comment because I’m traveling for a speaking event today and tomorrow. May the light of Christ overcome all darkness and may the truth set us free.
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U.S. Anglican Church archbishop accused of sexual misconduct, abuse of power
An attempted kiss, cash payments and other allegations roil the Anglican Church in North America.
wapo.st
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sharing this important story without much comment because I’m traveling for a speaking event today and tomorrow. May the light of Christ overcome all darkness and may the truth set us free.
wapo.st/3WQGDMF
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“More than 210 mostly Chicago-area clergy, representing a range of liberal and conservative traditions, have signed a letter criticizing ICE titled ‘Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview.’”
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After clergy arrests, religious pushback to ICE expands in Chicago
(RNS) — More than 210 mostly Chicago-area clergy, representing a range of liberal and conservative traditions, have signed a letter criticizing ICE titled ‘Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview.’
religionnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“More than 210 mostly Chicago-area clergy, representing a range of liberal and conservative traditions, have signed a letter criticizing ICE titled ‘Jesus is Being Tear Gassed at Broadview.’”
religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
religionnews.com/2025/10/21/a...
Reposted by Emily Hunter McGowin
I also got a writeup by @friendlyatheist.com, who read the paper pretty soon after it was published! Grateful and humbled to see this much engagement with my work beyond the academy.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I also got a writeup by @friendlyatheist.com, who read the paper pretty soon after it was published! Grateful and humbled to see this much engagement with my work beyond the academy.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Emily Hunter McGowin
I didn't think a writeup of my academic work would be the thing related to me that got 12k upvotes on reddit?!
October 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I didn't think a writeup of my academic work would be the thing related to me that got 12k upvotes on reddit?!
Reposted by Emily Hunter McGowin
Excited to (finally) jump into this by @ehmcgowin.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Excited to (finally) jump into this by @ehmcgowin.bsky.social
No Kings, Wheaton, IL, 10/18/2025
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
No Kings, Wheaton, IL, 10/18/2025
I really believe this. Thanks @rlstollar.bsky.social!
Very grateful that Emily Hunter McGowin takes on and rejects corporal punishment in "Households of Faith":
"A family committed to practices that make for peace is going to eschew violence of all kinds—and that includes with children."
"A family committed to practices that make for peace is going to eschew violence of all kinds—and that includes with children."
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I really believe this. Thanks @rlstollar.bsky.social!
Friends, if you want to help on-the-ground with families impacted by ICE's terrorism in Chicago, I can vouch for this organization and the Resource Center they've set up for meeting immediate needs. There are other ways to serve, too, if you're interested.
newlifecenters.org/en/programs/...
newlifecenters.org/en/programs/...
Community Care Resource Center - New Life Centers of Chicagoland
Food distribution at all our locations
newlifecenters.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Friends, if you want to help on-the-ground with families impacted by ICE's terrorism in Chicago, I can vouch for this organization and the Resource Center they've set up for meeting immediate needs. There are other ways to serve, too, if you're interested.
newlifecenters.org/en/programs/...
newlifecenters.org/en/programs/...
When I handed my son his respirator and chemical goggles, I told him to remember his baptism. May we all, whatever our abilities and locations, be empowered to do the same.
October 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
When I handed my son his respirator and chemical goggles, I told him to remember his baptism. May we all, whatever our abilities and locations, be empowered to do the same.
The depth of moral disease in the U.S. continues to shock the conscience. We need a national exorcism.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The depth of moral disease in the U.S. continues to shock the conscience. We need a national exorcism.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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We’re watching it happen again.
"'Family values' has been used repeatedly to rally citizens in support of not only a particular moral vision but also policies, tax structures, criminal laws, and wars that perpetuate the demonic cycle of self-interest."
~ @ehmcgowin.bsky.social, "Households of Faith"
~ @ehmcgowin.bsky.social, "Households of Faith"
October 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We’re watching it happen again.