Getting Ready to Vote Early!

Tune in to hear from Bryce Bennett, executive director of Vote Early Day, about how this organization and the civic holiday it represents can help you in your personal efforts to vote and in boosting your church’s impact on voting in your area. Vote Early Day is October 29th, a moment to celebrate opportunities to […]

Churches as Polling Sites

Episcopal churches can not only motivate people to vote through individual outreach, but they can also play integral roles in the processes that make our election happen. A parish serving as a polling site can be a critical way to help make voting more accessible. Serving as a polling site is also a helpful way […]

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution

This week marks the fourth of five sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution. As these discussions progress toward a legally binding treaty, we encourage the United States to strongly support measures to phase out single-use plastics. As the Episcopal Church, we are part of the Anglican Communion, and we echo the call […]

Election Protection in Action

Our guest speaker is Armani Eady, a national organizer from the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, where she is a part of the non-partisan coalition, Election Protection. Ms. Eady speaks about Election Protection’s crucial role in the 2024 U.S. election. You will learn how you can collaborate to ensure […]

Earth Day: How the U.S. federal government can help you and your church

In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law. This is the most significant climate bill passed since the 1970s and there are many ways you can utilize this law to help care for creation. The Episcopal Church has been in support of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for over 20 years. […]

Vote Faithfully: Setting the Stage for Elections

The 2024 U.S. election season is well underway, as is our Episcopal election engagement, yet much remains to be done and much will unfold in the coming months. In our first installment for season 3 of Episco-pols, we set the stage for what it means to vote and vote faithfully. Rebecca and Alan explore aspects […]

An Update on Haiti

Episcopal Church Statement on Deaths of Civilians Seeking Aid in Gaza

On February 29th, while waiting in line to receive food, over 100 people were killed and over 750 wounded in Gaza. At the time of writing, we cannot know exactly what happened, but it is a further example of the sheer horror that civilians are facing while trying to fulfill their most basic needs. As […]

Episcopal Church Statement on Immigration Reform

The Episcopal Church champions and advocates for humane policy towards migrants because of our belief that every human being is a child of God and must be treated with dignity. The Church has advocated for comprehensive immigration reform as an essential part of our call to love our neighbor as ourselves.  Episcopal Migration Ministries, a […]

Summary of General Convention Resolutions on Abortion and Women's Reproductive Health

Originally published 17 May, 2019; updated 23 February, 2024 Clergy throughout The Episcopal Church counsel those in their care who struggle with issues relating to infertility, family planning, pregnancy, childbirth, and adoption. Our ordained and lay leaders walk alongside Episcopalians and others who struggle with this intimate and sacred aspect of human life. Over the […]