Convention Adopts $133.8M Budget
General Convention has adopted a $133.8 million budget for the Episcopal Church’s 2019-21 triennium.
Bold $5M Plan for Reconciliation
The budget may not rise to meet the goal of Resolution D002, but its supporters are hopeful.
Deputies: ¡Cuba Sí!
Pragedes Coromoto Jimenez de Salazar: “The Jesus Movement is based on respect, diversity, solidarity, inclusivity, and love.”
Deputies Move on MeToo, Israel
The House of Deputies has passed a substitute resolution to shed light on the harassment and exploitation of women in the church.
Director Fees for the PHoD
The House of Bishops approved a resolution authorizing “director and officer fees” for the president of the House of Deputies, a demanding job that has always been filled by a volunteer.
Bishops Propose Director’s Fees
ENS: A group of bishops has proposed a compromise on the question of whether the president of the House of Deputies should be paid.
Detention Protest Set for July 8
Megan Castellan: “What is happening to those at our borders is monstrous.”
Time for a President’s Salary?
General Convention will include a faceoff between bishops and deputies about whether the church should pay a salary to the president of the House of Deputies.
Canon Harris on the MeToo Committee
The Rev. Canon Mark Harris writes at Preludium about “a sad testament to the level of disunity, fracture and lack of maturity, that keeps us from the ‘full measure of the fullness of Christ.’”
Pension Group Answers Questions
The Church Pension Group has responded to questions from the House of Deputies’ Committee on the State of the Church.