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Presiding Bishop Curry’s Word to the Church: What Did Jesus Do?

September 16, 2020

Good Trouble for a Healthy Planet: 2020 Faith-Based Organization Consultation on Climate Emergency

September 10, 2020

Join the webinar September 24, 2020 The Episcopal Church, in collaboration with a coalition of interfaith partners led by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), will offer a virtual webinar on “Good Trouble for a Healthy Planet” on September 24, 10:00am-1:00pm EDT. It will address the impact of human activity on the planet and […]

Registration now open for New Community 2020 Virtual Conference

September 10, 2020

October 30-31, 2020

129 educational scholarships granted throughout Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion

September 9, 2020

$383,810.93 in scholarships awarded One hundred twenty-nine educational scholarships, totaling $383,810.93 have been awarded to students in forty-six Episcopal Church dioceses and seven Provinces of the Anglican Communion for the 2020-2021 academic year. Requests were received from 215 applicants, the largest ever pool of applicants, largely due to effective advertising and an on-line application process. […]

New Episcopal Community leaders, redevelopers, and dreamers virtual conference offered in October

September 9, 2020

Registration open for upcoming sessions of Virtual Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency course

September 8, 2020

October 12-16, 2020 and January 25-29, 2021 Registration is now open for the next two sessions of the Virtual Episcopal Latino Ministry Competency Course (VELMC), an innovative five-day intensive course designed for diocesan staff, clergy, lay leaders, and seminarians to gain practical knowledge and cultural competency for Latino/Hispanic ministry.  The October and January sessions will […]

Media Advisory: Episcopal Church House of Bishops to meet virtually September 16, 2020

September 8, 2020

2020-2021 Conant Grants awarded

September 2, 2020

$94,079 to fund theological education Eleven grants for a total of $94,079 have been awarded through the Conant Grants from The Episcopal Church for the 2020-2021 academic year. Conant Grant funds are provided for the improvement of seminary-based theological education. Specifically, the grants are directed for the support of research, writing and course development undertaken […]

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to preach on ‘Day 1’

September 2, 2020

Presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church, is the featured preacher September 13 on “Day 1” with host Peter Wallace, the nationally broadcast ecumenical radio program also accessible online at Day1.org and by podcast. He has preached on the program numerous times […]

Executive Council awards Episcopal Church Constable Fund Grants

September 1, 2020

$209,500 to fund mission initiatives At its June 2020 meeting, the Executive Council of The Episcopal Church approved the recipients of the Constable Fund Grants, totaling $ $209,500 for nine projects. The Constable Fund provides grants to fund mission initiatives that were not provided for within the budget of The Episcopal Church as approved by […]

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