The Myth of the Extra-Special Church

My time inside a congregation that seemed like the epicenter of God's work.

I’ve been attending church most of my life. But I’ve only ever been part of one extra-special church.

It was Church of the Resurrection, an Anglican congregation in Wheaton, Illinois. It started as an Episcopal plant in the 1950s, then split from The Episcopal Church (TEC) in 1993 under the leadership of the charismatic (in both senses of the word) Will…