The deadline for applications for the 2014 Roanridge Trust Award Grants is nearing – September 1. Roanridge Trust Award Grants are awarded annually for creative models for leadership development, training and ministries in small towns and rural communities across the Episcopal Church. Dioceses, congregations and Episcopal related organizations and institutions are invited to apply for…

The Episcopal Church Economic Justice Loan Committee (ELJC) of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) has approved three investments in community development financial intermediaries, totaling $1.5 million. ELJC approved $500,000 loans to each of the following organizations: The New Hampshire Community Loan Fund https://communityloanfund.org/ with the endorsement of the Diocese of New Hampshire. From…

The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of New Jersey that Bishop-Elect William ‘Chip’ H. Stokes has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process. As outlined under Canon III.11.4 (a), the Presiding Bishop confirmed the receipt of consents from a majority of bishops with…

Applications are being accepted for a provincial delegate to represent The Episcopal Church at the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York City, March 10 – 21, 2014. The 2014 priority theme of UNCSW is “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals…

The Governance of The Episcopal Church: The following information is another in an ongoing series discussing the governance of The Episcopal Church. General Convention 2015 is two years away, but Executive Council’s 2016-2018 triennium budget preparation process is well underway. “The new budget process is really a visionary budget process,” Executive Council member the Rev….

The Episcopal Church Task Force on the Study of Marriage has issued the following report: At the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 2012, Resolution A050 called for a Task Force on the Study of Marriage to be appointed by the Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and President of the House of Deputies…

Episcopal Church Chief Operating Officer Bishop Stacy Sauls has announced an innovative missionary program designed to connect dioceses and staff in a collaborative manner: The Diocesan Partnership Program. “Our Episcopal Church yearns for connection,” Bishop Sauls explained.  “Our people want to be connected.  Our leaders are looking for opportunities to be connected. Through the Diocesan…

Bishop Stacy Sauls, Episcopal Church Chief Operating Officer, has announced the appointments of eight full-time positions to the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS).  The positions reflect the priorities of Episcopal Church General Convention 2012 and focus on the Five Marks of Mission.   Lisa Bellamy has been named Development Research Analyst…

The grant application process for the fund that coordinates two innovative Episcopal Church initiatives, the Mission Enterprise Zones and New Church Starts, is now open. The online application can be accessed here. The Five Marks of Mission triennial budget, approved by General Convention July 2012, allots $2 million for the work of establishing Mission Enterprise…

Wayfarer, the Episcopal Church Office of Communication new iBook series, is available at iBooks for free downloading here “Wayfarer lets us go a little deeper and tell longer, compelling stories through multimedia,” noted Mike Collins, Manager of Multimedia Services in the Office of Communication of The Episcopal Church and Wayfarer producer.  “There are many great…