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Executive Council approves 31 grants for new Episcopal communities
Grant funding for 31 projects supporting the birth and growth of new ministries was approved by the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council during its October meeting. The grants total $442,166.
A message to The Episcopal Church from Executive Council: October 2025
‘Becoming Beloved Community’ 2025 grant recipients named
The Episcopal Church’s Executive Council approved 11 Becoming Beloved Community grants—totaling $125,000—during its October meeting to support projects seeking to respond to social and racial injustice and grow a vision of healing and reconciliation.
2024 Parochial Report shows continued post-COVID rebound in attendance
Episcopal Church joins Anglican partners to uplift Indigenous voices and global climate justice at COP30
As The Episcopal Church prepares to participate in the 2025 United Nations climate change conference by uplifting the voices of Indigenous people, churches and dioceses are invited to consider ways members can advocate for climate action locally and globally.
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris
Following are opening remarks, lightly edited for clarity, by House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting Oct. 20-21 at Kanuga conference center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Episcopal Church Executive Council: Opening remarks from Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe
Following are opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, by Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe to the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church, meeting Oct. 20-21 at Kanuga conference center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
The Rev. Canon David Ulloa Chavez named Episcopal Church’s partnership officer for Latin America and the Caribbean
The Rev. Canon David Ulloa Chavez has been named The Episcopal Church’s partnership officer for Latin America and the Caribbean. Chavez brings years of bilingual and bicultural leadership experience in diocesan and churchwide contexts, serving most recently as rector of All Saints of the Desert Episcopal Church in Sun City, Arizona, and canon for border ministries for the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.
Episcopalians invited to first Veterans Day Holy Eucharist and Commissioning of Chaplains
Episcopalians are invited to join a first-time churchwide Veterans Day Holy Eucharist service at 7 p.m. ET Nov. 11—via livestream or in person at the Church Center chapel in New York City—to honor those who have served in the military and specially recognize the Episcopal chaplains who support them.
