The Rev. Molly James, interim executive officer of General Convention, celebrated a 10.69 percent increase in average Sunday attendance across the Episcopal Church, and said the church’s long-term membership decline showed signs of plateauing.
Insight Global’s study revealed a passion for the church’s mission among church center staff coupled, with an organizational culture plagued by territoriality and resistance to change. Bishops reported that support from the church center was poorly defined, and that they were especially in need of more support in handling Title IV matters, evangelism, and crisis communications.
By Kirk Petersen
The Episcopal Church has required parishes to file an annual parochial report since the General Convention of 1804, according to the Episcopal...
Bishops issue statement describing Archbishop Welby's decision not to invite same-sex spouses to next summer's Lambeth Conference: "their exclusion wounds those who are excluded, their spouses, and their friends within and beyond the House of Bishops." The message also affirms a variety of conscientious responses by bishops about whether or not to participate in the international gathering of Anglican bishops.
