By David Paulsen Episcopal News Service The Episcopal Church would form a new Episcopal Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice and allocate an estimated $2 million a year for the coalition to coordinate and expand churchwide racial healing efforts, under a newly released proposal to be considered in July by the 80th General Convention. The proposal was unveiled on March … [Read more...] about Proposal: $2 Million Annually for Racial Justice Efforts
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Bishop Loya Honors Indigenous Homecoming
Before Craig Loya became Bishop of Minnesota, back at the beginning of his ordained ministry, he served as curate at the Rosebud Mission, home of the Sicangu Lakota in South Dakota. On July 27 he shared on Facebook how memories of that time came flooding back after nine Lakota children were repatriated to the Rosebud Indian Reservation recently, more than a century after they … [Read more...] about Bishop Loya Honors Indigenous Homecoming
Episcopalians Face Pandemic and Violence in Haiti
By Mary Frances Schjonberg Episcopal News Service Despite the increasing incidence of COVID-19 in the country and the ever-increasing violence in the nine days since Haitians awoke to the news that President Jovenel Moïse had been assassinated, Episcopalians there are trying to serve their communities. “Well before the assassination, gang activity, kidnappings and killings … [Read more...] about Episcopalians Face Pandemic and Violence in Haiti
Union of Black Episcopalians to Hold Revival Online
By Pat McCaughanEpiscopal News Service The 53rd annual conference of the Union of Black Episcopalians this year will include “a fresh wave of divine love, guidance and power,” in the form of a good old-fashioned revival, and everyone’s invited. The online churchwide “Lift Every Voice and Sing” gathering July 27-30 will feature 7 p.m. EDT nightly spirited … [Read more...] about Union of Black Episcopalians to Hold Revival Online
Falls Church Episcopal Calls a Gay Rector
By Jeffrey Walton Juicy Ecumenism A once-leading conservative Episcopal parish has called a man in a same-sex marriage as its new rector. The Falls Church Episcopal in Falls Church, Virginia, outside of Washington, DC, announced May 11 that the historic parish will welcome Fr. Walter Burley Stattmann “Burl” Salmon as its new rector in July. He is married to another … [Read more...] about Falls Church Episcopal Calls a Gay Rector
Curry, Other Bishops Condemn Insurrection
By Egan Millard Episcopal News Service Drawing on the words of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry implored Americans to choose community over chaos in a message to The Episcopal Church as the United States reels from the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, incited by President Donald Trump and led by his supporters. “This past … [Read more...] about Curry, Other Bishops Condemn Insurrection
Iowa Episcopalians Help Recover from ‘Derecho’
By David Paulsen Episcopal News Service Episcopal congregations in Iowa are helping their neighbors rebound from a devastating windstorm that hit last week with the force of a hurricane, downing trees, damaging homes and businesses, knocking out power for about a half million residents and destroying about 10 million acres of farmland in the state. The Diocese of Iowa … [Read more...] about Iowa Episcopalians Help Recover from ‘Derecho’
Hong Kong Archbishop Defends New Security Law
[Church Times] Hong Kong’s archbishop, the Most Rev. Paul Kwong, defended the controversial new security law imposed by the Chinese government on the city in a July 10 letter to The Church Times. Archbishop Kwong, who also serves as chair of the Anglican Consultative Council, claimed that the law was necessary to preserve peace in a city disrupted by protests, and that its … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Archbishop Defends New Security Law