Churches Provide Space and Support for Protests July 3, 2020 Highlight, News By G. Jeffrey MacDonald News of George Floyd’s death under the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer had barely reached North Minneapolis when the community began to brace for what could happen next: va... Read more...
Twin Challenges for New Bishop of Minnesota June 29, 2020 Highlight, News This has been a reminder to the Episcopal Church that this is long work. We are called to repenting, accounting, and reconciling with our own history of being complicit in systemic racism.
Black Lives Matter: A Movement, Not a Moment June 23, 2020 Features, Highlight Episcopal and Anglican leaders from across the Church discuss their support for current racial justice efforts.
Executive Council Focuses on Race and Budget June 8, 2020 Highlight, News Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry says "somethings different" about the current unrest. The Church is on budget now, but beginning to plan for potential reductions.
General Convention 2021 is in Play June 5, 2020 Highlight, News The pandemic threatens plans to hold the 2021 General Convention in Baltimore.
Curry: ‘He Didn’t Say a Prayer,’ It Was ‘A Photo Op’ June 3, 2020 Highlight, News "If people of goodwill and human decency come together and say, ‘we’re going to be a people of love ... we’re going to be a people worthy of the name American', then, we will be a shining city upon a hill."
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.
Curry: ‘We’ll Be There When the Cameras Are Gone’ May 31, 2020 Highlight, News "No, as followers of Christ, we do not condone violence. Neither do we condone our nation’s collective, complicit silence in the face of injustice and violent death."
Bishop, Bishop-Elect on the Death of George Floyd May 29, 2020 Highlight, News In Minnesota, the bishop and bishop-elect call for racial reconciliation and justice.
