Assessing and Improving the Viability of Churches June 17, 2021 Highlight, News A new diocesan canon gives the Diocese of Washington a mechanism for closing or otherwise taking control of a struggling church.
A Different Model for Churches Changing Hands May 5, 2021 Highlight, News By Kirk Petersen In an era of bruising litigation over ownership of church properties, a prominent diocese and a church founded in 1698 are showing that amicable solutions are possible. On April 29, Bisho... Read more...
Noose Found Hanging in DC Church Courtyard March 29, 2021 Updates On the morning of March 26 a noose was found hanging from a branch of the largest tree in the courtyard of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., according to local news reports. Th... Read more...
Episcopal Organizations Get $4 Million in Lilly Grants October 7, 2020 Updates The grants are part of Lilly's Thriving Congregations Initiative, and will fund projects at the dioceses of Indianapolis, Northern Indiana, New York, and Washington, as well as Seminary of the Southwest.
Bp. Budde: ‘Too Dangerous for Anything but Truth’ August 19, 2020 Highlight, News A benediction quoting William Sloane Coffin, with aspirations for unity, justice, and peace.
Bishop Budde to Give Benediction at DNC Tuesday August 17, 2020 Highlight, News The Bishop of Washington previously took President Trump to task for clearing Black Lives Matter protesters with tear gas, to enable him to stage a photo op at St. John's Church.
National Cathedral Cuts 15% of Staff in Pandemic June 18, 2020 Highlight, News This is the hardest set of decisions I’ve ever had to make,” said the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of the cathedral.
Bishops Criticize Trump for Photo Op at Church June 2, 2020 Highlight, News The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde: ""The president just used a Bible, the most sacred text of the Judeo-Christian tradition ... as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus,"
Fire Doused at Church of the Presidents June 1, 2020 Highlight, News Historic St. John's at Lafayette Square escaped disastrous damage when a fire started by arson was contained to a single room.
Episcopal Rector Is First Coronavirus Case in Nation’s Capital March 9, 2020 News The Rev. Timothy Cole assured parishioners "I will be okay."
