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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 […]

New Way of Love, Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life resources support Building an Intentional Small Group Ministry

August 31, 2020

Episcopal Youth Event cancelled/EYEx Planning Underway

August 25, 2020

Presiding Bishop Curry Joins Denominational Leaders in Amicus Brief before Supreme Court in support of rights of same-sex couples and the appropriate place of religious liberty.

August 24, 2020

Nondiscrimination policies that forbid government contractors from discriminating against same-sex couples seeking to serve as foster parents do not unconstitutionally burden religious liberty, says the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry has joined the leaders of other major religious groups in signing a friend of the […]

Celebrate the Season of Creation

August 24, 2020

September 1 – October 4, 2020 Episcopalians are invited to join churches around the world in celebrating the Season of Creation; a time for people of faith to renew their relationship with God and all creation through celebration, prayer, and action. The Season’s roots rise from the Orthodox Christian tradition; the World Council of Churches […]

Episcopal Church House of Bishops July 2020: A Word on Protest and Federal Policing

August 4, 2020

Episcopal Church plants seeds for 10 new ministries

August 3, 2020
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