The Report to the 77th General Convention, commonly referred to as The Blue Book, is now available as an e-book from three major e-book sellers: Amazon’s Kindle Store, Apple’s iBookstore, and Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Book Store. This marks the first time that the Blue Book has been available as an e-book from the General…

Making Your Mark video contest kicks off  Which Mark of Mission are you? 5 Marks of Mission t-shirts available from Episcopal Marketplace at General Convention “Let’s show the world all that the Episcopal Church does!” Acknowledging that the mission of the Episcopal Church is the mission of Christ, the Five Marks of Mission are foundational…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori offers the following statement on the announcement today by House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson that she will not seek re-election at General Convention in July. I am grateful for the service Bonnie Anderson has given to The Episcopal Church over many, many years.  She has been tireless…

A live webcast featuring an enlightening conversation about mission between Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Desmond Tutu will be available at no fee on Saturday, May 19 at 3:30 pm Eastern (2:30 pm Central, 1:30 pm Mountain, 12:30 pm Pacific, 11:30 am Alaska, 9:30 am Hawaii) on the website of the…

The Episcopal Church will join with other religious voices in repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery at the 11th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) beginning on Monday, May 7 through Friday, May 18. Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will participate in an ecumenical delegation which is hosting a…

The Intersection of Poverty and the Environment, featuring religious, environmental, political and community organizing experts, will delve into one of the most critical topics for our times in a live webcast on April 21 – the day before Earth Day – beginning at 10 am Mountain (9 am Pacific, 11 Central, noon Eastern). The program…

“Mobile Apps for Churches” is the topic of the next Digital Formation webinar, slated for April 20 at 1 pm Eastern (noon Central, 11 Mountain, 10 Pacific). Pre-registration is required. To register for the free webinar: http://digitalformation.eventbrite.com A joint program of the General Theological Seminary (GTS) of the Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Church Office…

In response to the 2009 General Convention Resolution A-143, the Episcopal Church Executive Council’s Anti-Racism Committee has called for facilitated conversations and video viewing by dioceses and congregations to combat the sin of racism. Resolution A-143 called for dioceses “to continue over the next six years a process to gather information in its community on…

“You may not be 100 per cent certain about what God is asking of you, but go on out there anyway and change the world – by loving your neighbor as yourself,” Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said in her October 23 sermon. The Presiding Bishop preached on Sunday at St. Mark’s Cathedral…

The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church will meet October 21-24 at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center in Salt Lake City, UT (Diocese of Utah). Media representatives wishing to attend the meeting must secure credentials. Contact Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, at publicaffairs@episcopalchurch.org. A media conference with phone access for media not able…