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Church Leaders Respond as Travel Ban Hits Largest Diocese

The Trump administration's travel ban, which took effect June 9, affects the largest diocese in the Episcopal Church.

Sanctuary Churches Cope with Changing Policies

What are clergy and lay people to do if immigration officers knock on a church door, particularly in protecting those who are at risk of deportation?

Building a Wall of Faith

Stories from San Mateo, Hyattsville, Maryland, a congregation of migrants “caring for the widow, the orphan, the stranger–being the body of Christ in this place, at this time, in Trump-era America.”

Immigration and the Dignity of the Human Person

Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that only little by little extend to other groups, but rather, per Christ's parable of the Good Samaritan, encompass all.

Church’s Retiring CFO Honored for Service

Kurt Barnes, who has overseen the church’s finances for 21 years, was honored for his leadership, and Executive Council heard about the complicated role of the Executive Officer of General Convention and challenges faced by immigrants.

Church Joins Suit Challenging ICE Raids

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe: “We are seeking the ability to fully gather and follow Jesus’ command to love our neighbors as ourselves.”

Church Leaders Respond to Deportation Threats

While bishops warn of racial profiling and share legal advice, one Maryland priest has become legal guardian of 15 children from his congregation whose parents are in danger of deportation.

Presiding Officers Attack Trump’s Deportation Plans

Presiding Bishop Rowe and President of the House of Deputies Ayala Harris decry a series of executive orders signed by the president just after taking office and call for “mercy and compassion” for those threatened with deportation.

Mission Center Builds Up African Ministries in Boston Area

Bishop Alan Gates: “It is a fuller celebration of the truly global character of the diocese as reflecting the character of our Anglican Communion.”

Bishops Stand with Haitian Immigrants

Bishop Peter Eaton: “Our Christian moral tradition insists that human beings can never be treated as means to any end.”

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