Office of Government Relations
Episcopal Church Statement on Impending United States Government Shutdown
As people of faith, we affirm the dignity of every human being and our charge to love and care for our neighbors. A government shutdown, with its far-reaching consequences, undermines our core commitments and our shared life together. It disrupts essential services that support the most vulnerable among us, harms federal workers and their families, […]
What Has the Church Said on Immigration?
In this first in a series of episodes this season, we are again joined by Lindsey Warburton to talk about the resolutions of The Episcopal Church that pertain to immigration, migration, and refugees. Yes, we are actively engaged in advocating for legislation and policy change in the U.S. government today, but what forms the basis […]
The Episcopal Church’s statement on the Arctic Refuge
The Episcopal Church celebrates the recent decision by the Biden Administration to cancel the leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. This land is sacred to the Gwich’in people, many of whom are a part of The Episcopal Church and have long-standing relationships – have fervently opposed oil and gas development in the region. This […]
Two Years Later: Fulfilling Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies and Neighbors
Two years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, much remains to be done to provide permanent safety and security for our Afghan allies, refugees, and their families both in the United States and abroad. Despite large-scale efforts on behalf of resettlement agencies, faith communities, and others to welcome this community, Afghans in the United States […]
Fall 2023 Newsletter
As we look towards Congress’s return to Washington in a few weeks, we want to update you on our work in the Office of Government Relations and share the results of your efforts of faith-based advocacy and Christian witness. Over the past few months, you have sent more than 15,000 messages to Congress through the […]
State Level Advocacy
The Office of Government Relations helps educate, equip, and engage Episcopalians to carry out advocacy to the U.S. government at the federal level. But we often receive questions about state issues – whether we are asked to speak out against discriminatory laws that harm the LGBTQIA+ community, fight against dangerous and damaging laws banning books […]
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
On December 29th, 2022, Congress passed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PFWA) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The law officially went into effect on June 27th, 2023. The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations advocated for this legislation, and we celebrate its passage. Thank you to all the Episcopal Public Policy […]
Join Churches for Middle East Peace and Embrace the Middle East for a four-week series in conversation with Christians across the Middle East
The Episcopal Church, a founding member of Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), continues to partner with ecumenical and interfaith coalitions to advocate for peace and justice in the Holy Land. Just recently, CMEP released a statement condemning the military raids in Jenin. We are in touch with the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, and we […]
Advocacy As Evangelism
Not an episode about the A word and the E word! Yes, advocacy AND evangelism in the same space, but don’t let that scare you. Jerusalem Greer from the Office of Evangelism and Discipleship joins us to explore the concept of evangelism (as The Episcopal Church approaches it) and how advocacy folds into that part […]
FAQs About Advocacy
We get a lot of questions from Episcopalians (and want more! Send your questions our way to eppn@episcopalchurch.org), so we thought it would be helpful to do a brief FAQ episode covering just a few of these. Check out this episode to hear what folks often ask us about and how we respond. The Office […]
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