The Episcopal Church Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop (JNCPB) calls attention to the September 30 deadline for the Call for Discernment and Profile for the election of the 27th Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. The Call for Discernment and Profile is located here and in Spanish here and in…

The Executive Council of The Episcopal Church will meet October 24-27 the Conference Center at the Maritime Institute in Linthicum Heights, MD (Diocese of Maryland). 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 access for media not able to attend…

Bishop Stacy F. Sauls, Chief Operating Officer of The Episcopal Church, has announced that the Rev. Glenda McQueen, Partnership Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean for The Episcopal Church, will expand her portfolio to include the work of the dioceses of Province IX. As such, McQueen will assist the seven dioceses in Province IX…

The following is A Communique issued by Primates and Bishops of Africa and The Episcopal Church on a recent groundbreaking meeting.     A Communique: Transformation through Friendship   October 8-10, 2014 The General Theological Seminary, New York City   We speak as six Primates representing Burundi, Central Africa, Southern Africa, Tanzania, West Africa, and…

Input is requested from members of The Episcopal Church for a questionnaire that will form the foundation of the church’s presence and participation at the 2015 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting, March 9-20, 2015. The questionnaire is located here In 2015, UNCSW will undertake a review of progress made in…

Registration is still available for The Episcopal Church Development Office Fall 2014 Fundraising Symposium, Sacred Fundraising, Secular Tools, on Thursday and Friday, October 16, and 17. Designed for directors of development at dioceses, congregations, and other Episcopal organizations, as well as clergy interested in parish/diocesan fundraising, Sacred Fundraising, Secular Tools will be held at the…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Presiding Bishop Elizabeth A. Eaton of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have issued a joint statement in support of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Rule on carbon emissions. “The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church are eager to collaborate with…

Do you know the difference between EMM* and ECW*? Or maybe you know who the PB* is, but not so clear about the ABC*.

The deadline has been extended to August 15 for The Episcopal Church United Thank Offering special “seed money” grants of $12,500 to one bishop in each of the Church’s nine provinces, and to the Presiding Bishop, for a total of $125,000. Part of the celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the United Thank Offering, these…

The Task Force to Reimagine the Episcopal Church (TREC) will convene a churchwide meeting on October 2 at 7:30 pm Eastern time (6:30 pm Central/5:30 pm Mountain/4:30 pm Pacific/3:30 pm Alaska/1:30 pm Hawaii). The meeting will be webcast live from Washington National Cathedral. Although the meeting will be open to the entire church, TREC encourages…