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Bishop Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church, has announced the first recipients of the grants for Mission Enterprise Zones and for New Church Starts. These two innovative Episcopal Church initiatives are funded through the Five Marks of Mission triennial budget, approved by General Convention July 2012. In the budget, $2 million was…

In the next four months – January 1, 2014 to April 30 – the Episcopal Church will witness the consecration of one bishop, the election of one bishop, and the canonical consent process underway for two bishops-elect.   Consecrations One consecration of a bishop is slated for January to April. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori…

Now available for group watching and personal viewing is the on-demand video of the Saturday, November 16 sessions of Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America. The videos, are available here.  To access click channel button within main player. The Saturday videos join the on-demand video of the groundbreaking public forum sponsored by…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has asked The Episcopal Church to remember the Diocese of Haiti on the fourth anniversary of the earthquake on January 12. “I urge all Episcopalians to pray and give in solidarity with our largest and fastest-growing diocese,” the Presiding Bishop said. She continued, “I ask for your generosity…

Keep track of dates, liturgical feasts, and important appointments through calendars based on the Anglican Five Marks of Mission. A joint project of the Episcopal Church Office of Communications and Forward Movement along with the Episcopal Church Office of Latino Ministries, the 2014 calendars feature photos of mission and ministry work from throughout the Church….

Leigh, a graduate student, talks about the growing gathering who have found a place of camaraderie on Thursday nights to worship and to share at the unique The Crossing at the Cathedral in Boston, MA. Now, a new video produced by the Episcopal Church office of Communication features Leigh, a former Catholic who has found…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued the following statement: The people of The Episcopal Church join the world in mourning the death of Nelson Mandela, prophet and witness to justice.  His leadership spanned decades, before and during imprisonment on Robben Island, and continuing into the establishment of a nation that aspires to…

Three beloved Advent services will be presented live by the Episcopal Church Office of Communication. The live webcasts can be accessed on the website of the Episcopal Church here All of the performances originate from Grace Church in New York City; the Rev.  J. Donald Waring, rector of Grace Church. December 8: Advent Lessons and…

The 2014 Roanridge Trust Award Grants, totaling $170,000.00 for nine grants for transformative work across the church, have been announced by Sam McDonald, Episcopal Church Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Director of Mission. “All of the grant applications submitted exhibited the high level of commitment of many dioceses for the importance of the work of…

On behalf of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Bishop Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church, has announced the appointment of the JoAnne Brockway as Controller on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). In the position, Brockway will manage and coordinate the overall activities of the Controller’s…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have issued a joint statement for World AIDS Day 2013. The text of the statement follows: World AIDS Day, December 1, is both an annual commemoration of those who have lost their lives to the…

The House of Bishops (HOB) Primer on Ecclesiology is now available in three languages. “A Primer on the government of The Episcopal Church and its underlying theology” was presented by the Ecclesiology Committee of the House of Bishops to HOB at its most recent meeting. The report is available in English In Spanish In French…