Eastern Orthodoxy

“Eastern Orthodoxy in North America is growing. Forty-one parishes were opened in the (Eastern) Orthodox Church in America and only twelve were closed between 2021 and 2025.” - Christ Over All

“In 1672, the East held a Synod to respond to the Protestant Reformation… At Jerusalem, the East condemned the core tenets of the Reformation, canonized a false gospel, and declared that salvation was impossible outside the Orthodox church.” - Christ Over All

“Evangelical church leaders are treating the Orthodox Church like it is another denominational option and not what it actually is—another religion altogether. Three articles might help us wrap our brains around what is happening right now with young men especially.” - P&D

“On the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the two Christian leaders pledged to unify their churches while warning world leaders to halt the spread of war.” - RNS

“God calls biblical churches to have no concord with a false religious system, which actively promotes belief in a continuing oral tradition equal to Scripture… a defective view of Christ’s atonement, which diminishes the sufficiency of His once-for-all sacrifice at Calvary… the veneration of icons…” - ACCC

Mark Ward discusses Gavin Ortlund’s book, What It Means to be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church and evaluates its arguments defending Protestantism against Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. - Ward on Words

“Gavin Ortlund discusses the Protestant canon with ‪@javierperd2604‬ and ‪@CleavetoAntiquity‬, considering Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox objections, the testimony of church history, and more.” - Truth Unites

“On the one hand, some are flocking to more traditional and liturgical forms of Christianity like Eastern Orthodoxy…. On the other hand, contemporary Christian music (CCM) is thriving… and market research indicates younger audiences are driving much of this growth.” - CToday

“Those raised in the church are often indifferent to her teachings and practices while it is those from outside the church who are most interested. I’ve received young people from Catholic, mainline Protestant and evangelical backgrounds.” - The Dispatch

Reason 1: “The search for stability. People are hungry for tradition and rootedness and groundedness. People want something that isn’t changing.” - Gavin Ortlund