In response to “a clarion call” of comments on the proposed budget that was posted in November (TLC, 12/3/2017), the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church added more than $1.8 million to the church’s planned spending for evangelism. At the same time, thanks in large part to the booming stock market, the budget committee was able to close a $4.5 million projected deficit … [Read more...] about Budget Priority: Evangelism
Gay Jennings
Asset-based Pilgrimage
When 19 Episcopalians arrived this summer in a region of Ghana where nine-out-of-ten live on less than a dollar a day, they were not carrying tools or supplies to help fix material problems. They instead wanted to see how Ghanaians are helping themselves.The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the by House of Deputies, led the pilgrimage in July to a region where partners in … [Read more...] about Asset-based Pilgrimage
Gay Jennings on the UTO
From the Rev. Gay Jennings, president of the House of DeputiesSeptember 12, 2013Dear Deputies:In the last several days, many people in the church have expressed interest and concern about the United Thank Offering (UTO). I wanted to write directly to you to give you my perspective and ask for your thoughts.First, some background as I understand it: Beginning this summer, a … [Read more...] about Gay Jennings on the UTO
‘Closer to Justice’
Via President Jennings’s websiteThe Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, issued this statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s rulings that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and that same-sex marriage can resume in California:I join with millions of Christians across the country in celebrating … [Read more...] about ‘Closer to Justice’