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 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…

Applications are now being accepted for the position of Missioner for Young Adult and Campus Ministry on the staff of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS). This position reflects the priorities of Episcopal Church General Convention 2012 and focus on the Five Marks of Mission.  The position is full-time and does not require relocation….

Citing Title III, Canon 12, Section 7 of the Constitutions and Canons of The Episcopal Church, and following thorough discussion with the Council of Advice, with their advice and consent, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has accepted the renunciation of the ordained ministry in the Episcopal Church of Mark Lawrence as made in his public…

There’s still time to register for the 2013 Conference of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS) on July 12 and 13 at the Episcopal Commons of Utah in Salt Lake City, Diocese of Utah. And, if traveling isn’t possible for in-person attendance, participation from afar is being offered through live webcasting. For the first time…

The popular Episcopal Youth Event (EYE) will be held at Villanova University in suburban Philadelphia. Slated for July 9-13, 2014, EYE14 is being planned in partnership with the Diocese of Pennsylvania. The announcement was made June 8 by Bishop Clifton Daniel of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, to Executive Council, currently meeting in Maryland.  “Villanova University…

The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of North Carolina that Bishop-Elect Anne Hodges-Copple 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 jurisdiction, and…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori issued the following statement on the US Senate Introduction of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.   We affirm that human beings are made in the image of God, created with dignity and intrinsic value.  Dignified and productive work is one way in which people give expression to that divine creativity,…

In her keynote presentation at the Second Worldwide Anglican Peace Conference in Okinawa, Japan, Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addressed The question of US military bases in Okinawa – The role of Anglican-Episcopal Church. “I want to challenge us all to consider similar situations around the world, and the roles that our respective…

It’s innovative.  It’s young.  It’s an Episcopal and Lutheran congregation, truly living into Called to Common Mission.  It’s the Church of the Apostles http://www.apostleschurch.org/ in Seattle, WA (Diocese of Olympia), and, to many, it’s the face of the future. The Church of the Apostles is featured in a new video in the groundbreaking series, Transforming…