The Living Church

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The Living Church
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EditorMark Michael
CategoriesReligious magazine
FrequencyBiweekly
PublisherMatthew S. C. Olver
FounderSamuel Smith Haris
Founded1878
CompanyThe Living Church Foundation
CountryUnited States
Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
LanguageEnglish
Website livingchurch.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
ISSN 0024-5240

The Living Church is a magazine based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, providing commentary and news on the Episcopal Church and the wider Anglican Communion. It is the flagship publication of The Living Church Foundation. In continuous publication since 1878, it has generally been identified with the Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism, and has been cited by national newspapers as a representative of that party. It absorbed a number of earlier Anglo-Catholic publications, including The American Churchman, Catholic Champion (1901), and The Angelus (1904). Theologically and culturally, it tends to have a moderate-to-conservative slant.

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On June 21, 1931, the last issues of associated periodicals, The Young Churchman and The Shepherd's Arms were published.

The Executive Director and Publisher of The Living Church Foundation is Matthew S. C. Olver and the Editor-in-Chief of The Living Church Magazine is Mark Michael. The periodical is a member of the Associated Church Press, a religious periodical group. Some of the magazine's content has been made available online since the late 20th century.

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