Bishop Stacy F. Sauls, Chief Operating Officer, announced that The Episcopal Church is providing $40,000 in support of the Diocese of Missouri for immediate domestic poverty, pastoral and community work in Ferguson, MO. The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, through the Office of Justice and Advocacy Ministries, is offering $30,000 with the remainder provided by…

Samuel McDonald, Episcopal Church Director of Mission and Deputy Chief operating Officer, announced the recipients of the Campus Ministry Grants, totaling $99,598, for the 2014-2015 grant cycle.  Campus Ministry Grants provide dioceses, parishes or community college/college/university campuses with funding for new as well as current campus ministries in higher education institutions in the Episcopal Church….

Baptismal Covenant “Do you reaffirm your renunciation of evil and renew your commitment to Jesus Christ?” (Book of Common Prayer, p. 292). A mini catechism used at baptisms and on Easter and other special occasions, the Baptismal Covenant opens with a question-and-answer version of the statement of faith that is the Apostles’ Creed and adds…

President of the House of Deputies The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings was elected president of the House of Deputies by her peers at the 77th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in 2012, and at the 78th General Convention in 2015, she was reelected by acclimation. She is the first ordained woman to hold the…

Bishop Stacy Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church, has announced the final group of recipients of the grants for Mission Enterprise Zones and for New Church Starts. Eleven grants totaling $700,000 were awarded to 14 dioceses. Mission Enterprise Zones and New Church Starts are Episcopal Church initiatives funded through the Five Marks of…

On October 22, The Episcopal Church will host and produce a groundbreaking forum on an important topic in our society:  Civil Discourse in America: Finding Common Ground for the Greater Good. The 90-minute live webcast will originate from historic Christ Church, Philadelphia (Diocese of Pennsylvania), the birthplace of the Episcopal Church and the home of…

An agreement has been completed between the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United Nations to lease a portion of a floor at the Episcopal Church Center, 815 Second Avenue in New York City, NY. “I am very pleased by this development,” explained Bishop…

The Episcopal Church Task Force on the Study of Marriage has issued the following report: In its second face to face meeting since being established by the 2012 General Convention of The Episcopal Church, the Task Force on the Study of Marriage continued its broad inquiry of the historical, biblical, theological, liturgical, and canonical dimensions…

The Episcopal Church invites Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter photos and videos to appear in the stained glass on the home page and elsewhere of The Episcopal Church website www.episcopalchurch.org. Upload photos here Upload videos here Palm Sunday is April 13; Holy Thursday is April 17; Good Friday is April 18; Easter is April…

The Episcopal Church Office of Finance has issued an updated report on budget and investments.  N. Kurt Barnes, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, announced that the nearly all of the dioceses have committed to The Episcopal Church. “We now have 108 dioceses and regional areas (of 111) which have indicated and signed commitments for 2014 totaling $26.8…