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“[W]e urge you not to consider any proposals that fly in the face of the historic understanding of the church.”

After years of strife, leaders of the Diocese of Pennsylvania commit themselves to making changes.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Churchwide Assembly moves toward greater unity with Roman Catholics.

Secretary General Josiah Idowu-Fearon addresses the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa.

While celebrating the athletes of the Olympics, Abp. Francisco de Assis da Silva criticized the games’ organizers.

Schuyler Moss interviews a priest and activist who found peace.

The Diocese of Massachusetts has announced the release of a draft mission strategy.

Archbishops Albert Chama and Stanley Ntagali elected to leadership of the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa.

Christians in the diocese wonder why gunmen would storm the house of a bishop who has maintained neutrality.

Sociologist Gary Bouma: “Americans find it amazing that we have more Buddhists than Lutherans or Baptists.”

Secretary General Idowu-Fearon: Bible-believing Christians “transformed the face of Africa in the last 150 years.”

Episcopal Divinity School’s trustees have formed a New Directions Committee and a Transitions Committee.

From bookends to possible garden ornaments, you can own a piece of Canterbury Cathedral’s history.

Valerie M. Joyce rarely finds anyone who can meet the challenge of naming three African-American women from history.

Cathedral authorities want to develop a new entrance to the site, a place of pilgrimage for 1,700 years.

Members of Episcopal Divinity School’s Alumni/ae Executive Committee are distressed about the school’s future.

The Rev. DeDe Duncan-Probe elected on the second ballot as the 11th Bishop of Central New York.

Moore College of Sydney has launched a campaign to preserve a major collection of Australian Christian history.

Nathan Humphrey came to St. John the Evangelist, a mission, as a vicar. Now he is rector of St. John’s parish.

Prof. Mark Jefferson’s research includes African American religion, hip hop culture, and critical race theory.

Regional Consultative Groups “will include individuals who can support needs in education, theology, and liturgy.”

Rabbi Mark Dov Shapiro will teach and preach on topics related to Christianity’s Judaic heritage.

St. George’s School has reached a settlement with 30 graduates who said they were sexually abused as students.

Sentamu on Mugabe: “At your age, you have had your innings, please just step down for the sake of Zimbabwe.”

The Episcopal Church seeks 21 delegates to the 61st United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

The Church in Wales is taking a fresh look at the role and responsibilities of its archbishop.

Newark Bishop Mark Beckwith leads members of his diocese on an 80-mile pilgrimage.

Voorhees College and St. Augustine’s University preserve the ministry of historically black colleges and universities.

John Sentamu praises William Wilberforce’s “deep trust in Christ, persistence, courage, and determination.”

The Archbishop of Wales has paid tribute to the Rev. Canon Gwynn ap Gwilym, who died on Sunday from cancer.

Brother James Dowd, OHC, will be based at Trinity Cathedral in Omaha for a two-year term.

A fact-finding team of the Anglican Communion visits the Internal Province of Sudan.

Church Pension Group helps with long-term needs after a devastating earthquake in April.

Iconographer Regan O’Callaghan leads students in exploring their spiritual vulnerability through art.

Shakeshafte depicts Shakespeare as a Roman Catholic living under Elizabeth I’s suppression of the “old religion.”

Long-hidden parts of Durham Cathedral, including Cuthbert’s tomb, are open to the public.

Sarah Snyder joins the senior team at Lambeth Palace in September.

English faith leaders: The murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel while he celebrated Mass is a testimony to evil.

Colonialism and civil war have left a nation with weak infrastructure and terrible inequality.

The Episcopal Church’s Hearing Panel will consider multiple charges that J. Jon Bruno broke church canons.

“O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world: protect our lives in this time of terror and gun violence.”

Bishops Pierre Whalon and David Hamid express their heartbreak after a teenager kills 9 and wounds 16 in Munich.

The August 7 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Frank Tracy Griswold III, 25th presiding bishop, preached at a memorial service for Edmond L. Browning.

The Anglican mission agency United Society will reclaim USPG, its more familiar identity of 56 years.

Episcopal Divinity School will award its last degrees in May 2017.

Episcopal Divinity School’s board of trustees has voted to discontinue its three degree programs in June 2017.

The Rt. Rev. Earl McArthur, Jr., third Bishop Suffragan of West Texas, died July 17. He was 91.

Fr. Bryan Owen: “Perfect love looks like Jesus, who reached out to strangers to draw them into the family of God.”

General Convention’s Task Force for Leveraging Social Media for Evangelism has developed a short survey.

In the last decade, no fewer than 30 pilgrimage routes have been created or rediscovered in the U.K.

The Rev. Bernie Schroeder is the Diocese of El Salvador’s canon for international relations.

The Diocese of Venezuela seeks a fourth bishop, and will accept nominations until July 30.

The Bishop of London plans to serve until Candlemas, the day Simeon was granted a vision of Christ in the Temple.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry joins nearly 80 religious leaders in an open draft letter about care for the poor.

Mark MacDonald, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop, was misclassified as non-voting at General Synod.

A Statement from Some Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada

Theresa May, named for St. Theresa of Avila, is open about her Anglican faith.

Anglicans in Nice “need our prayers as they minister the love of God to their stricken city.”

The Task Force on the Study of Marriage is studying responses to its Dearly Beloved toolkit.

The weekly Church Times celebrates its 8,000th edition with free access to digital archives.

The Rev. Canon Michael Hunn: “We are thankful for this outcome, which brings relief and clarity.”

The historic Diocese of Rochester announced last week that it had run out of cash.

The Anglican Church of Canada approves same-sex marriage on recount.

Actor Christopher Eccleston tells Terry Gross about reading aloud from Job, and how Rowan Williams responded.

The bishops of Niagara and Ottawa authorize same-sex marriage in their dioceses after canon change fails by one vote.

Thousands of people in Juba, South Sudan, have sought sanctuary in Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals.

Retired Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning died Monday in Hood River, Oregon. He was 87.

The funeral for Edward Lloyd Salmon, Jr., filled the Church of St. Michael & St. George in St. Louis.

General Synod’s chancellor says canon does not define marriage or prohibit same-sex marriage.

General Synod votes this afternoon on whether to authorize same-sex marriage in the Anglican Church of Canada.

The Diocese of Indianapolis has announced four nominees in the search for its 11th bishop.

Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon addressed the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod on Saturday.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry prays after a deadly week for the United States.

For famished Venezuelans, food counts more than cash.

Responses by the bishops of Dallas, Fort Worth, Western Louisiana, Central Florida, and California

Bishop Brian Prior: “We all must examine our own hearts, we must root out any violence that resides there.”

A drone has gathered new information about earthquake damage to New Zealand’s Christchurch Cathedral.

Prince of Peace Church of Woodland Hills offers settings for choir, handbells, brass, and organ.

Bp. Morris Thompson: “May we do our best to be a source of light and love in this time of pain, confusion, and darkness.”

The Episcopal Church has awarded $133,000 to 18 recipients of Young Adult and Campus Ministry grants.

The Children’s Society has expressed alarm that child poverty in the United Kingdom is up by nearly 30 percent.

An independent review will probe the case of the Rt. Rev. George Bell, former Bishop of Chichester.

Lesser Feasts and Fasts is the standard, but parishes may use Holy Women, Holy Men and A Great Cloud of Witnesses.

The Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico welcomes nominations until July 10 in the search for its seventh bishop.

Virginia Theological Seminary signs three-year agreement with St. George’s College, Jerusalem.

TLC Podcast: To mark his 40th anniversary in ministry, Patrick Augustine visited suffering Christians across the world.

Free hymns are available for two months after a crisis, thanks to the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.

St. Paul’s in downtown Syracuse uses the popular Street View service to open its doors wider.

The Episcopal Church in South Carolina has nominated Gladstone B. “Skip” Adams III as provisional bishop.

Two Anglicans will serve on the executive committee of the World Council of Churches.

Gaza’s historic Christian community could disappear within the next generation, a U.K. charity has warned.

Bishop Edward Lloyd Salmon, Jr., died June 29 at age 82 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

Appointments • Ordinations of Priests and Deacons • Retirements

Church of England’s ordinations • Canon White suspended • St. Anselm’s first class • New Zealand friary

Presiding bishop and president of deputies write about the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.

The Rev. Canon Kenneth Bailey, one of the most innovative New Testament scholars of the 20th century, died May 23.

Bishop Klusmeyer: “As houses and cars have literally floated away, there is growing concern that the residents had no flood insurance.”

The Rt. Rev. Douglas Sparks is now the eighth Bishop of Northern Indiana.

The Rev. Canon José Antonio McLoughlin has been elected the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Western North Carolina.

The July 10 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Statements from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and several other bishops.

Bishops in dialogue promote the concept of sankofa (“It is not a taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind”).

Anglicans in Guyana join Bolivia and Uruguay in ordaining women to the priesthood.

Still Here traces the nine-day journey of a man who fled Eritrea, one of the most repressive countries in Africa.

Bishop Martin Blaise Nyaboho of the Diocese of Makamba will be installed in August as Archbishop of Burundi.

WCC moderator: “There is room in the gospel for disagreement but there is no room for disengagement.”

The Rev. Robyn M. Neville will lead the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church for the next year.

Man threatens priest and congregation at the Church of St. Bernard de Clairvaux.

The SUMMA Student Theological Debate Society teaches campers to engage each other with honor and respect.

The Rev. Dena Cleaver-Bartholomew joins a four-member slate as the Diocese of Central New York seeks its 11th bishop.

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and the Diocese of Rochester seek scaled-down properties.

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s evangelist says mission begins next door.

Three nominees in the Diocese of Spokane live in the Pacific Northwest and another is from the Diocese of Edmonton.

The Rev. Marc D. Smith: “The issue of gun violence is a public health issue.”

Members of Governance and Administration Committee support limited circulation of misconduct report.

Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop of York write in support of keeping Britain in the European Union.

Bishops, Episcopal Peace Fellowship call for ban on assault-weapon sales.

Thirty-two ministries will soon receive more than $1 million for ministries satisfying the fifth mark of mission.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry says staff misconduct preceded his tenure.

Campaign seeks a Christian burial for the remains of Joseph Merrick, better known as the Elephant Man.

The Episcopal Church overspent its legal budget by $121,541 in the first four months of 2016.

The Very Rev. Mike Kinman, dean of Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis, will become the eighth rector of All Saints Church.

Executive Council approves up to $3.3 million to consolidate the Archives of the Episcopal Church.

Gregory O. Brewer, Bishop of Central Florida, reflects on the mass murders in Orlando.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and other Episcopal bishops offer early responses to the most deadly mass shooting in U.S. history.

The Assisting Bishop of Alabama will become the 11th Bishop of Easton.

CHASKA, Minn. — Executive Council has approved $217,500 in new funding for curacies and clergy compensation in the Diocese of Fort Worth.

All entities of the Episcopal Church should strive to pay their employees a minimum wage of $15 per hour, according to Executive Council.

Grace Network aims to be a fresh, Christian presence for the Anglican community.

A quarter of C of E ministers are over 60 and are due to retire within the next five years.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry warned Wednesday that the United States is seeing a resurgence of Jim Crow laws.

The three-day spring meeting of the Episcopal Church governing board began with several sessions closed to the press and public.

The Episcopal Church is pressuring the Diocese of Haiti to tighten up its business procedures in a bid to increase donor confidence.

As dioceses work with the issue of healthcare cost parity, healthcare options for clergy are shifting.

Executive Council to convene for first meeting since firings of two executives.

The Diocese of Akure, Nigeria, has withdrawn as a companion diocese with Liverpool.

Wendy Karr Johnson is digital missioner for formation and Lacy Broemel is refugee and immigration policy analyst.

New York police officers are investigating attempted arson at St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Staten Island.

Churches in the Aloha State try to help the homeless, despite disagreements on what help works best.

Bp. Prince Singh: Diocesan House “comes with $100,000 in annual expenses and perhaps even higher opportunity costs.”

Episcopalians will join thousands of others in observing National Gun Violence Awareness Day.

Stephanie Taylor: “Archives tell the story of who we are, why we are here, and what we want to achieve.”

The Rev. Canon Samuel Kahuma has been elected Bishop of Bunyoro-Kitara, Uganda.

The Church Uganda’s House of Bishops has elected the Rev. Henry Katumba-Tamale as Bishop of West Buganda.

The Iona School for Ministry based in the Diocese of Texas will soon offer expanded training for lay leaders.

General Seminary and the Diocese of New York welcome refugees from a cathedral fire.

Rachel McDaniel of the Diocese of West Tennessee is the United Thank Offering/Young Adult Service Corps intern for 2016-17.

Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church pleased by bishop’s appointment to working group.

The June 12 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Rev. Canon Phil Groves of the Continuing Indaba project will return to parish ministry in August.

The Rt. Rev. Chip Marble, former Bishop of Mississippi, will undergo abdominal surgery Friday.

“There is a low chance that we would see [a Zika] epidemic in the continental United States.”

This year marks the 150th anniversary of a ministry that broadened lay participation in the Victorian church.

The Episcopal Church Building Fund helps both a congregation and a theatre in Arlington, Texas.

Michael B. Cover wins a Society for Biblical Literature award and Elisabeth Kincaid is one of four ECF Fellows.

Howard Samuel Meeks, sixth Bishop of Western Michigan, died May 13 in Florida.

Francis P. Armstrong succeeds Jim Morrison, who has retired.

Also in Global News: Abp. Welby defends Nigeria’s president • Abortion debate in the U.K.

The Rev. Canon E. Mark Stevenson becomes director of Episcopal Migration Ministries on June 1.

The 12th Bishop of North Carolina will follow Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.

The Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith returning to Washington, D.C., after 16 years at St. James’s, Richmond.

The Rt. Rev. Jackson Ole Sapit, Bishop of Kericho, has been elected the next Archbishop of Kenya.

In June the Scottish Episcopal Church will consider changes to its marriage canon.

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church voted May 18 to commission a study on human sexuality.

Richard Foster, Nathan Foster, and Sharon Garlough Brown apply Christian disciplines to contemporary life.

Special convention approves the Rt. Rev. Bruce Caldwell as Provisional Bishop of Lexington.

Bishops United Against Gun Violence urges Episcopalians to join color-coordinated protest June 2.

Coordinating committee sees results of Called to Common Mission.

The Rev. Henry “Laurie” Thompson III to lead Trinity School for Ministry while search continues.

Presiding Bishop Curry wants Episcopalians to “become instruments of God’s work of reconciliation in this world.”

The Archbishop of Canterbury has given his strong support to community-based efforts against AIDS.

Judges rule in favor of the Diocese of Los Angeles and the Anglican Diocese of Quincy.

This week's Global News includes reports from York Minster, Syria, and Zimbabwe.

Multiple parties, including the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, join suit against mandated coverage of abortions.

Ecumenism award follows joint letters by R. William Franklin and Richard J. Malone.

The Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission resumes its work with a meeting in Toronto.

“Some of our schools were already in conversation with students who are transitioning and with their parents.”

Bishop Frank Griswold: “We need to be multilingual and multidimensional in our theology.”

St. Anne’s Church in Ynyshir, Wales, helps Chloe Wilson attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

The Rev. Jordan and the Rev. Emily Hylden begin new work in August.

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia postpones decision to 2018.

The Church Pension Group has released its 2015 Denominational Health Plan Annual Report.

The Anglican Church in North America has recognized Beeson Divinity School’s Certificate of Anglican Studies.

The Boston Globe has published an extensive report into allegations of sexual abuse at private schools.

The Sisterhood of St. John the Divine offers a year of “living in God’s rhythm” for women ages 22 to 40.

Benedictine scholar to lecture on “Benedict as Prophet for Today” June 13.

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s task group will maintain conversation among Anglican primates.

Also in Global Briefs: Anglicans honor 19th-century missionaries to Malawi.

The standing committee of the Diocese of Lexington has nominated the Rt. Rev. Bruce Caldwell as bishop provisional.

The May 22 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Archbishop Eliud Wabukala asks Kenyans to restore trust in each other, their families, and their government.

The Rev. Christopher Tapera: “There is life after disaster. God is there for us.”

Departing Anglican Consultative Council members question Abp. Welby’s perspective on the ACC’s 16th meeting.

Episcopal Church Archives rolls out a new look and opens an exhibit on former Presiding Bishop John Maury Allin.

Bishop Greg Rickel and Arsalan Bukhari discuss “Interfaith Relations and Islamophobia.”

The Rt. Rev. Wayne P. Wright, Bishop of Delaware since 1998, plans to retire early next year.

The Rev. Meghan Froehlich becomes missioner for transition ministry after interim time in the role.

Mpho Tutu van Furth is no longer licensed in the Diocese of Saldanha Bay, but Bishop Raphael Hess presses for change.

The Arthur Turner Training School will return this fall at St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit.

Dialogue affirms gospel proclamation and working “for the healing of a divided and suffering world.”

Londoners go to the polls on May 5 in a mayoral contest that brings religion, race, and security to the fore.

The Diocese of Central New York has announced a four-member slate in the search for its 11th bishop.

Also in Global Briefs: The Church of England and climate-change activism.

St. John’s, Newport, returning to parish status as attendance grows.

“I don’t necessarily think Snoop Dogg is the new Shakespeare, but hip-hop is the reinvigoration of oral poetry.”

Also in Global Briefs: Parliament calls Islamic State violence genocide.

Associated Church Press, Evangelical Press Association honor news and features by The Living Church.

Stephen Andrews, Bishop of Algoma since 2009, is the new principal of Wycliffe College.

A former Lost Boy works for a self-sustaining South Sudan.

Episcopalians, United Methodists to resume ecumenical dialogue April 25.

PB to Brotherhood of St. Andrew: “Your core mission is the same as the core mission of the church.”

The 26th presiding bishop will be the third St. Margaret’s Visiting Professor of Women in Ministry.

The 79th General Convention will convene July 5, 2018, in Austin.

“We have recently come to understand that Episcopal Commons as we first imagined it will not be possible.”

Queen Elizabeth II, who turns 90 on Thursday, has the universal quality of a grandmother.

Archbishop Justin Welby: “The ACC received my report, which included those consequences. The consequences stand.”

Nominees for 7th Bishop of Western North Carolina are from Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Bishop George D. Young III: “I am simply moving into the next season in my life.”

“The consequences [for the Episcopal Church] stand,” Archbishop Justin Welby said Monday afternoon.

The Anglican Consultative Council has chosen a diverse slate of leaders for its standing committee.

Missional Voices attracted leaders from across the country, including the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers.

The Diocese of Easton’s slate includes nominees from Alabama, Indiana, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Are youth leaving Anglican churches of the Global South? At ACC-16, youth share their optimism about climate change fight and liturgical experiments — and their frustration with old cultural norms.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby used his presidential address at ACC-16 to urge Anglicans take decisive action on religiously motivated violence and climate change.

David Hurd: Liturgies are “not about our own entertainment of ourselves, or our gestures about our social stance.”

The May 1 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Whether Sauls would be assigned to another position or leave the staff was not clear until Wednesday.

Archbishop Kwong: “I think the most important work we have to do is to hold the Communion together.”

“Most of us have difficulty remembering a time when we were not charitable towards our Christian neighbors.”

Playwright Christopher Smith: “It feels so right to have this story have its first student production in Africa.”

The Episcopal Church seeks nominees for an Executive Council member, and volunteers to hire an indigenous missioner.

Archbishop nominees in Kenya • Golf champ in Britain • Church numbers in Uganda

ACC delegate from Pakistan: “The blasphemy law still hangs as a sword over the Christian community.”

Bishop Ian Douglas: “my not pursuing election ... will best facilitate our walking together in unity.”

The seminary with a farming heritage sells land to an earth-friendly foundation.

The Anglican Communion secretary general denounces accusations of interference in Kenya.

The Anglican Communion’s secretary general says the Anglican Covenant is far from dead.

“The terms of the primates’ decision … have been followed through as far as is possible and legal.”

ACC-16’s opening Eucharist draws Anglicans from the four nations of the Province of Central Africa.

ACC-16 identifies evangelization, discipleship, migration, climate change, and violence as urgent global issues.

The Telegraph: The story of Archbishop Welby’s true father is, “in human terms, extraordinary.”

Canon Paver: “Are we individually and collectively willing to work together for mutual flourishing relationships?”

The Archbishop of Canterbury addresses the 16th Anglican Consultative Council.

Church seeks representatives for ecumenical dialogues and coordinating committees.

“Young Green Anglicans: Intentional Discipleship and Climate Change” drew 75 youth from across Africa.

Archdeacon Paul Feheley regrets that some provinces will boycott ACC-16.

A state appeals court has ruled that properties should be returned to the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin.

The Rev. Tom Uzhunnalil, held by Islamic State since March, may soon be freed.

Welsh bishops do not authorize blessings for same-sex couples, but issue prayers for those who wish to them.

The Rev. Fayaz Adman helped his natal parish in Pakistan after suicide bombers attacked.

The next Episcopal Youth Event will meet at the University of Central Oklahoma in July 2017.

Primates were “very clear that [Episcopalians] should not be nominated or elected” to internal standing committees.

Bishop Sauls will not retain his post as COO; deputies Alex Baumgarten and Sam McDonald are fired.

The April 17 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Archbishop of Canterbury praised recipients of 40 new awards for outstanding service to the church.

An Easter Report from leaders of Communion Partners

Growing numbers of Easter-season candy eggs are mum on Easter.

Ordained scientists in the Episcopal Church offer insight into the compatibility of science and faith in a new video curriculum.

Archbishop Justin Welby’s Easter letter to partners and heads of other churches around the world.

Churches step in to help neighbors amid devastating bushfires in western Australia.

After five years at Virginia Theological Seminary, Donyelle McCray will become Yale Divinity School’s assistant professor of homiletics.

The General Convention Advisory Group on Church Planting has announced a series of initiatives.

PB Michael Curry has called for prayer for regions that are experiencing violence and civil strife.

Bishop Samuel Azariah has posted a video that expresses his horror at the Easter Day bombings in Lahore, Pakistan.

Council members seek balance between their bylaws and private discussion of difficult topics.

At least 69 people died in a bomb attack aimed at Christians enjoying an Easter outing.

A free video, available in nine languages, helps Episcopalians invite friends to church.

The Rev. Canon Jo Bailey Wells will be the fifth Bishop of Dorking.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry: “This week’s story of crucifixion and resurrection is not a fairy tale.”

The State of the Church Committee studies how annual parish reports might better reflect ministry.

The Diocese of West Texas has published a profile as it anticipates electing a suffragan bishop early next year.

Bishop Douglas Hahn will take a year of unpaid leave for “repentance, retreat, and reflection.”

“Our sisterhood is built on mutual respect and love, and the relationships in Christ we have with each other.”

Archbishop of Canterbury condemns “terrible cruelty and utter separation from all that is of God.”

The April 3 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Anglican Communion’s Network for Interfaith Concerns has released a draft report on persecution.

In other global news: Christians fleeing Syria • Human-rights violations in South Sudan

Andrew Barnett of Theodicy Jazz Collective and Rosemarie Logan Duncan of St. Columba’s join cathedral’s staff.

Bp. Curry: “What I believe about human equality and dignity is grounded in what I believe about the love of God.”

Catherine Waynick, Bishop of Indianapolis, writes a 1,300-word letter on theological differences.

Nineteen grants for a total of $140,816 have been awarded through the Conant Grants for the 2016-17 academic year.

Leaders of the United Church of Christ express their support for the House of Bishops’ ‘Word to the Church.’

Nominations continue until April 30 for the Bishop Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries.

The Rt. Rev. Mark Van Koevering is the new Assistant Bishop of West Virginia.

The former Church of the Holy Spirit in Wayland, Massachusetts, is the new home to a Coptic Orthodox congregation.

“The current rhetoric is leading us to construct a modern false idol out of power and privilege.”

Abp. Okoh: Some churches may never “embrace the sexual culture being promoted by some provinces of the Church.”

Laura Turner: John Kasich’s faith “led him to a denomination that most Americans have never heard of.”

Excerpts and videos from four days of the House of Bishops’ annual meeting at Camp Allen in Texas.

A Brother of the Society of St. Francis rescued Janice, a runaway piglet.

Anti-Semitism in the U.K., political discord in Burundi

Leaders plan “one or more church-wide gatherings where many voices can [discuss] racial justice and reconciliation.”

Daniel Gutierrez, canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of the Rio Grande, elected as 16th Bishop of Pennsylvania.

Archbishop Henri Isingoma plans a health-improvement break and will return to academia.

Stuart Kenworthy, interim vicar of Washington National Cathedral, to preside at the former First Lady’s funeral.

Parishioners borrow a small cannon from the Sandy Beach Yacht Club to salute their rector, a new honorary canon.

Church leaders decry “intolerant and xenophobic reactionary response to societal and global change.”

The 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women meets March 14-24.

Rob Willmann: “The shroud is one of those things that really makes us look hard.”

“I was rector of a church that was clear about its love of mystery, beauty and awe in the presence of God.”

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s director for reconciliation will become his chief of staff in May.

Camp Crucis steps up after a severe storm damages Foster’s Home for Children.

Free PDF ready of Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church, 2015.

News from Yemen, London, and York

Therese DeLisio to become academic dean and associate professor of theology and liturgy at Bexley Seabury.

The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh will elect Bishop Robert Duncan’s successor in late April.

The March 20 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Bishop Catherine Waynick: “I write to share the sad news that our 14-year partnership … has come to an end.”

What started as a small fundraiser 35 years ago now attracts calls from across central Arkansas.

A new program center represents the first of a multiphase, 10-year DaySpring master development plan begun in 2014.

Episcopal Relief & Development raised nearly $500,000 above its goal.

Two Episcopal priests have released a curriculum based on the House of Bishops’ pastoral teaching on the environment.

“We will always inhabit a world of the spirit that searches not just for explanation but also for meaning.”

Adrian Butcher joined the BBC in 1990 as a producer in its national radio newsroom.

“We continue to wonder whether a legislative procedure is the most helpful way of dealing with these matters.”

Grants of $2,500 will help ministries among the homeless, poor, Hispanics, and youth.

News from Uganda, Singapore, Polynesia, and the United Kingdom.

“Marriage is faith and practice. It’s not core doctrine. But that’s a debatable point.”

“May we continue to find ways of making peace and working toward reducing the violence in our culture.”

Bishop Michael Curry says he has made a 90 percent recovery from a subdural hematoma.

Council members will hear details about misconduct allegations involving three senior staff members.

Bexley Seabury will operate from a single site at Chicago Theological Seminary as of July.

“We [would] rather starve and not receive money from churches whose actions contradict the scriptures.”

Nine ordinands are the first graduates of the Deacons’ School in Virginia.

Applications are due Feb. 29 for prospective residential members of the Community of St. Anselm.

Leaders of St. John’s Pro-Cathedral oppose a Caltrans proposal, citing adverse effects of noise and pollution.

Two Georgia bishops: Allowing guns on college campuses conflicts with Christian values and is bad public policy.

“I have been in prayer, under spiritual direction and on retreat. I am ready for the surgery and what comes after.”

Presiding Bishop expects a report within about a month on accusations against three suspended staff members.

“I have been — and remain — very grateful to you for your prayers and to God for his steadfast love.”

The Anglican Church in North America moves closer to two Lutheran denominations.

Born into a family of Buddhists and Taoists, Ng Moon Hing is now Anglican Archbishop of South East Asia.

Presiding Bishop Curry: “Our journey during Lent always leads us to Jerusalem.”

Marriage decisions in New Zealand and Southern Africa • New archbishop for South East Asia • Reform and Renewal

The March 6 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Rev. Rob Boulter to become dean of the Cathedral of the Incarnation after two years of discernment.

The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church invites applications from scholars and academic and church groups.

The Rev. Roger Joslin has written ‘School of Love: Planting a Church in the Shadow of Empire.’

“We are the presence of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and we expect the Church of England to respect that.”

Hostile tweets claimed a Church of England prayer request was “crass” and “offensive.”

General Synod prepares the way for joint work between the Church of England and the Church of Scotland.

The Diocese of Texas no longer requires that its clergy limit their sexual activity to heterosexual marriage.

“While their litigation is important, it is not the center of life in any of the dioceses.”

“Freedom cannot be found without order, and order and freedom are necessary for human flourishing.”

“We need this reminder of the bigger issues before us of harmony and truth, unity, and respect for one another.”

The Commons, housed in a former factory, stresses transparency rather than privilege.

E. Mark Stephenson: Training “switches the discernment to an asset view … from one focused on what we don’t have.”

Nominations are open for the Bishop Suffragan for Armed Services and Federal Ministries.

Katherine Grieb on the Anglican Communion: “Let’s figure out a way to stay together.”

“It’s not a trivial matter. It’s not simply about bettering oneself, or increasing one’s charitable giving.”

“Paul’s counsel is pretty consistent: press the reset button. Start over. Look at Christ Crucified.”

Lent is a season of making a renewed commitment to be a part of the movement of Jesus in this world.

Fouad Masri: “Find similarities in the two faiths and then use biblical bridges.”

Earthquakes in Taiwan, immigration in Nigeria, euthanasia in New Zealand, contentment in the U.K.

Young choristers at Chichester Cathedral took a pancake-flipping break during their rehearsal on Shrove Tuesday.

Bishop Curry: “We’re going to learn to live together, and the Episcopal Church is going to lead the way.”

Bishop Curry: “Love is not a sentiment; it is a commitment to live not for myself alone.”

Daniel Hyde of Magdalen College, Oxford, succeeds the late John Scott as organist at St. Thomas Church.

The Rev. Douglas E. Sparks, rector of St. Luke’s Church in Rochester, Minn., is Bishop-elect of Northern Indiana.

The Feb. 21 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

North Carolina, Colorado have until kickoff time Sunday to beat record donations to Episcopal Relief & Development.

“As I gave each a cup of water, I looked into their eyes. It was the children who softened first.”

In Fort Worth, two bishops agree to assist Bishop J. Scott Mayer.

A consultation is studying if Church of England clergy might be freed from traditional clerical clothing styles.

Leaders of nearly two-thirds of England’s cathedrals admit to having money worries.

“We turned the church inside out. We reflected on what made us distinctive, and we tried to do it with humor.”

The National Association of Episcopal Schools offers initial guidelines on transgender-friendly policies.

“To dismiss the whole missionary movement as rejected in Europe is completely arrogant and mischievous.”

House of Deputies Newsletter reports on interpretation of primates’ communiqué.

George Carey: “I do not want to get in the way of my successors.”

Peter Eaton invites Anglican leaders to his seating as fourth Bishop of Southeast Florida.

Theologian Jane Williams spoke at Truro Anglican Church to launch a U.S. satellite of St. Paul’s Theological Centre.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will speak on the topic “Is There Room Enough for All?” at the National Press Club.

Bishop Tandema Andrew: “Children are dying of malaria, women are dying in childbirth.”

Berkeley graduates to study at St. George’s, Jerusalem, for nine months.

The Diocese of Pennsylvania has announced a five-member slate in the election of its 16th bishop.

The House of Bishops’ theology committee invites the church to recover and renew economic imagination.

Archbishop David Moxon: “It was incredibly moving to be part of what (I think) was an unprecedented invitation.”

“Threats of a possible walkout and division … were overcome by a common commitment to walk together.”

The MARE project will deliver support, information, and professional development using social media.

The U.S. Postal Service will release its Richard Allen Black Heritage stamp on Feb. 2.

Church statisticians are questioning the value of measuring attendance only on Sundays.

The monastery, founded in 595 by Mar Elia (Elijah) and located in Mosul, was attacked in 2014.

Episcopalians encounter the outstretched arms of Jesus in new ways through international mission.

The Feb. 7 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Brian Taylor: “We have been asked to look at a wide variety of relationships and households other than marriage.”

Assistance will go to thousands of families left homeless by the war in Syria.

“It’s clear in Christian teaching that it’s not for us to divide the body of Christ, which is the church.”

Archbishop Mouneer Anis describes a turning point in the Primates’ Meeting.

“Why will we do these things? These are the words Jesus spoke to His followers. Jesus calls us over this tumult.”

The Diocese of Spokane is accepting names through March 15 in its search for Spokane’s ninth bishop.

Thomas Alexander, 19, is a budding liturgist.

Commentary on the 2016 Primates’ Meeting flooded blogs, social networks, and feeds this weekend as leaders from around the Anglican Communion shared their thoughts on the gathering.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry: "This has been a disappointing time for many, and there will be heartache and pain for many, but it’s important to remember that we are still part of the Anglican Communion."

The Primates' Meeting in Canterbury has suspended the Episcopal Church from full participation in the Anglican Communion. Effective for three years, the resolution prohibits TEC from participating in several facets of the Communion.

An interview with the Rev. George Westhaver

The Diocese of Indianapolis has received a $798,500 grant from the Lilly Endowment.

Episcopal Commons will serve the Episcopal Church in Minnesota, St. Mark’s, and Episcopal Homes.

Abp. Philip Richardson of New Zealand observed the third Anglican Family Gathering on his way to Canterbury.

Speculation notwithstanding, Anglican primates attended Evening Prayer together in Canterbury Cathedral on Monday.

Anglicanism was never a homogeneous entity and never amenable to central control.

The Rev. Bernadine Craft appears in a new televised discussion of suicide prevention.

The Very Rev. Justyn Terry of Trinity School for Ministry will return to England.

Bishop Audrey Scanlan: “It is imperative that we employ all the safeguards that are available to us.”

Susanne Sulby: “Sanctuary to me means peace inside yourself.”

Paul Lambert, Bishop Suffragan of Dallas, will retire from his diocesan ministry in May.

Requiem Mass for Bishop Donald J. Parsons set for Jan. 14 at Nashotah House Theological Seminary.

Presiding Bishop prays that Anglican Primates “may follow our Lord Jesus in the ways of his love” as they meet.

Display of Pope Gregory’s crozier coincides with the Primates’ Meeting next week.

The Archbishop of Canterbury asks for prayers that Anglican primates will meet in wisdom and love.

The Diocese of Indianapolis has published its profile as part of its search for the diocese’s 11th bishop.

Donald James Parsons, former dean of Nashotah House Theological Seminary and 6th Bishop of Quincy, has died.

Andrew Goddard has compiled the statements made by Primates’ Meetings since 1979.

The Bishop of West Malaysia says cultural polarization has reached alarming levels.

William Nye of the Church of England’s General Synod says Christianity is being subtly silenced in public life.

Twelve letters show how establishment figures rallied in support of the disgraced former Bishop of Gloucester.

The Jan. 17 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

There is no better way to praise God than in the Psalms, which are full of the creative Word of God — who was, John says, in the beginning with God, through whom all things were made.

The Most Rev. David Chillingworth of Scotland believes the Columba Declaration raises issues of territorial integrity.

The Rev. Jonathan Erdman of Louisville: “I have no choice but to resign, or contradict my conscience.”

The Rev. Canon Jeremy Davies cannot officiate in the Diocese of Winchester.

Few Christians in Sudan celebrated Christmas in peace.

The Church of England and the Church of Scotland will discuss the Columba Declaration in the new year.

Baroness Warsi: “A nod to the heritage and the culture that you find yourself in can be very helpful.”

The Rev. Fleming Rutledge reflects on a new priest’s ministry in the Diocese of Baltimore.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has sent a Christmas message to ecumenical partners and heads of churches.

Churches in the United Kingdom are learning they have power to press for environmentally friendly policies.

“God coming into the world in the person of Jesus matters profoundly for all of us.”

The Diocese of Easton is accepting recommendations until Jan. 15.

The Rev. Mpho Tutu joins protests against South African President Jacob Zuma.

The Jan. 3 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry calls Stephanie Spellers and Tara Elgin Holley to join his staff.

Curley, Hessinger & Johnsrud LLP will investigate concerns that led to three staff members being suspended.

Lamb of God, a Lutheran and Episcopal parish in Ft. Myers, Florida, held a two-bishop confirmation service Dec. 13.

Washington National Cathedral has launched a raffle for a Darth Vader carving and a Gargoyle Tower Climb.

Archbishop Justin Welby: “There is great potential for our faith to act as a bridge between our faith communities.”

Archbishop Fred Hiltz of Canada says the Primates’ Meeting “is not a decision-making body.”

Jan. 8 is the application deadline for placement in the Young Adult Service Corps.

“The responsibility is on those of us who believe there is a better way to help [Boko Haram] to find it.”

Application period opens for the second year of the Community of St. Anselm.

“You get the sense that [Archbishop Welby] is never calculating who might be offended, or attracted, by his words.”

Bishop George D. Young III explains his decision to no longer require parish membership for couples seeking weddings.

Bishop Kirk S. Smith of Arizona reflects on the important ministry of small congregations.

Bishop Nicholas Knisely: “I cannot imagine our nation betraying its great visionary stance.”

The Rev. Patrick Bell of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, elected as the seventh Bishop of Eastern Oregon.

Lambeth Palace’s first new building project in 180 years will create a new home for its library.

Christian leaders say the U.K. government’s counter-extremism plans are too broad.

The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity Faith, and Order welcomes the Primates’ Meeting set for January.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, only one day after brain surgery, suspends three high-ranking leaders.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will return to his home in North Carolina after a six-day hospital stay.

Presiding Bishop suspends the church’s chief operating officer, deputy COO, and director of public engagement.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said he would present a draft agreement Saturday morning to climate-change negotiators.

The Rev. Robert S. Heaney has published ‘From Historical to Critical Post-Colonial Theology.’

Bishop Stephen T. Lane has composed a litany for National Gun Violence Sabbath Weekend.

The Anglican Communion’s next director of communications will oversee a global network of writers.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is resting comfortably after surgery in a Virginia hospital on Tuesday.

Doctors expect a gradual but steady recovery in Bishop Michael Curry’s case.

The presiding bishop’s bedside video was a pastoral gesture for a people genuinely worried about their leader.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry thanks Episcopalians and others for their prayers and wishes.

Global Briefs: The Archbishop of York will walk across his diocese. • Remembering Mandela • Climate Conference

The Dec. 20 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry will undergo surgery today for a subdural hematoma.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and Bishop J. Jon Bruno offer a video statement on the murders in San Bernardino.

Will Bexley Seabury Western Theological Federation’s focus on Chicago help deepen its ecumenical collaboration?

“It is time to boldly stand up and say, as we know most Americans believe, that good gun control must happen now.”

Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has a lot of work ahead.

Bishop Jim Mathes: “Let us pray deeply that God may assuage the sorrows of those most harmed by today’s evil.”

Justin Welby calls for a theological component to the debate about fighting terrorism.

From the Field (Diocese of Georgia) offers background on Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s primatial staff.

The Rev. W. Keith McCoy of the Diocese of New Jersey is the new president of the Fund for the Diaconate.

Carrie Boren Headington of Dallas recently interviewed Presiding Bishop Michael Curry about evangelism.

Pope Francis: Anglican martyrs’ witness has “truly gone ‘to the end of the earth.’”

St. Frumentius’ Anglican Theological College launches in Ethiopia, and more in global briefs.

Bishop Jeffrey D. Lee responds to video of a Chicago police officer shooting Laquan McDonald, 17, to death.

Bishop Brian E. Prior responds to multiple shootings in North Minneapolis on Nov. 22.

Archbishop Williams on ISIS • Healing in Uganda • Gift to St. Andrews • Ruling in Zimbabwe

Steven J. Lopez to be ordained Feb. 2 as the first bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

Movie chains decline ad in which believers say the Lord’s Prayer.

Diocese of Los Angeles will elect a bishop coadjutor in December 2016.

Hansen Foundation’s large gift will support the Robert E. Webber Center for an Ancient Evangelical Future.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry encourages Executive Council members to explore evangelism.

Executive Council approves redacting amounts for clergy housing allowances.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry: “The larger truth is that our ultimate security comes from God in Christ.”

Members of Executive Council heard Tuesday that the council has not been keeping up with some key responsibilities.

Bishop Peter James Lee will return to North Carolina, his longtime home, to serve as assistant bishop.

Archbishops on terrorist attacks • Coventry remembers • More

Keri Day: “White supremacy has always sat at the center of the American democratic ideal that we hold dear.”

Presiding Bishop says adding a third canon shows commitment to evangelism and racial reconciliation.

Mary Douglas Glaspool will become an assistant bishop in the Diocese of New York in April.

The Episcopal Church Foundation will move to the Interchurch Center by January.

Executive Council hears about evangelism, racial reconciliation, and new forms of church amid shrinking budgets.

The Diocese of Northern Indiana has announced five nominees in the search for its eighth bishop.

The Rev. Canon George Sumner became Bishop of Dallas on Saturday during a 2½-hour service.

Uganda Christian University has dedicated a classroom building in honor of the Rev. Stephen and Peggy Noll.

The Diocese of Central New York will elect its 11th bishop in August.

A professor at Carleton University believes Henry VIII’s last wife composed a ‘Prayer for the Monarch.’

Atlas Obscura: “Walking through the narrow gate into the gardens at St. Luke in the Fields is like diving underwater.”

The Compass Rose Society plans endowment to fund its annual commitment to the Anglican Consultative Council.

Church of South India strives to help the disabled.

The Nov. 29 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Anglican archbishops, Coptic Pope, Grand Imam discuss peace, ‘Allah,’ sexual morality, and Easter.

Ordinariate communities will use ‘Divine Worship: The Missal’ as of the First Sunday of Advent.

Bexley Seabury Seminary Foundation will change to a single campus beginning with its Fall 2016 term.

An employment tribunal has dismissed Jeremy Pemberton’s discrimination claim.

A discipleship course from the Church of England helps people cross bridges into my parish’s common life.

The Diocese of Eastern Oregon seeks its seventh bishop.

Evensong will celebrate the arrival of Chilton R. Knudsen, a bishop with a ministry in recovery and healing.

Credit unions present opportunities that can serve all sorts of people well.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Welby worshiped, prayed together, and discussed shared challenges.

Bishop Peter Eaton met last week with several leaders in Congress, including those who represent Florida.

Tim Schenck: “Why can’t you walk into your local coffee shop and see purple lights strung up in November?”

A committee suggests “expansion of opportunities for Catholics and Lutherans to receive Holy Communion together.”

Dean Ian Markham: “We want to stretch that space, make demands of the space, and live into the space.”

Pope Francis • Corrymeela • Evangelism

The church installs Presiding Bishop Michael Bruce Curry in a service marked by excitement, joy, and gravity.

Sandye Wilson: “I would like to invite you to make a covenant today to pray for [Bishop Curry] and not prey on him.”

Episcopalians need not be present to celebrate Bishop Michael Curry’s new ministry as 27th presiding bishop.

The Nov. 15 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Trends in giving and their implications for churches

The Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton offers multiple prayers after the sentencing of former bishop Heather Cook.

James K.A. Smith speaks about his ideas in a long-form interview with Sue Careless.

James K.A. Smith praises Anglicanism’s beauty and liturgical heritage.

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has chosen delegates to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Former bishop Heather Cook will spend seven years in prison in the death of bicyclist Thomas Palermo.

Bishop Scott Benhase of Georgia has granted permission for clergy to celebrate weddings for same-sex couples.

The Diocese of Western North Carolina is accepting names in the search for its seventh bishop.

Bishop Rachel Treweek • Cricket Results • Archbishop Makgoba • Refugees at Offa House

Ministry of Caring rescues the empty Cathedral Church of St. John in Wilmington, Delaware.

Decades after his death, Bishop George Bell’s pedophilia finds him out.

Leaders of the Porvoo Communion of Churches have called for prayers amid the refugee crisis.

Stanley Hauerwas of Duke University joins host Philip Zoutendam for the first episode of ‘The Eerdcast.’

A video by Deacon Anthony Keller profiles Joyce Davison’s ministry through AHEAD with Horses.

Two videos capture the Archbishop of Canterbury’s thoughts on working for unity within the Anglican Communion.

Dean Ian Markham: TLC “is a substantial publication, which invites us all into a theologically rich understanding of our tradition.”

Bishopscourts’ Fading Glory • KJV Draft • Twice-yearly Churches

Archbishops welcome the chance to shape their own agenda for January’s meeting.

A disciple’s transformed life begets joyful witness, public acts of justice, and potentially contagious faith.

The Synod of Bishops, in the media spotlight as it discusses the family, is 50 years old this month.

The Nov. 1 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Archbishop of Canterbury joins the celebration of a new Immanuel Chapel at VTS.

Two scholarships honor the fourth dean and president of Trinity School for Ministry.

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon at Virginia Theological Seminary, Oct. 13.

Wesley Hill: “Our experience of praying together is challenging us to reach across other kinds of impaired communion.”

Archbishop of Cape Town: Churches “have failed the mining industry, both workers and managers.”

Global South meeting canceled • Midwives order scales back • Peter Ball jailed • Rare Bible pops up

The Rev. Ruth Meyers predicts possible changes in creation, baptism, and trinitarian theology.

Anglican and Oriental Orthodox leaders have signed a revised Agreed Statement on Christology.

The Rev. Canon Winifred B. Gaines, former chaplain to the California Senate, dies at 87.

The Diocese of Guyana has elected the Rev. Charles Alexander Davidson of Philadelphia as its eighth bishop.

Deacons in South Carolina are coordinating efforts to deliver clean water to residents of the city Columbia.

The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society will present a webinar Oct. 15 on the global refugee crisis.

Bishop Richard Chartres gives thanks for a rekindled emphasis on evangelism within his diocese.

Michael Buerkel Hunn will work from Raleigh and Charles K. Robertson will remain in New York.

The Vatican's cricket team • Edith Cavell • Christian-Muslim relations

Professor wants journal to be “a first stop for faculty and graduate students who have something remarkable to say.”

The Oct. 18 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

“The church building that we were in cost $6 million to build, and the land alone would be $15 million.”

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has provided support for the cathedral’s restoration.

“We confess our individual and corporate roles in bringing the Communion to where she is today and ask for your forgiveness.”

The Rev. Peter W. Gray could be forgiven if he felt overwhelmed by his ancestral lineage.

James Runcie • British Survey • Bones at Westminster • Bishop Mallally Ordains Deacons

More than 500 people are expected at Mission Together, New Zealand’s decennial mission conference set for Oct. 6-9.

SEPTA mass transit will help thousands reach the Mass that concludes Pope Francis’s visit to the United States.

‘In the Image and Likeness of God: A Hope-Filled Anthropology’ reflects six years of ecumenical dialogue.

Legal transfer of PEARUSA to the ACNA to occur by June.

Assistant Bishop Tim Harris has asked Australian churches to ponder “how you might step up at such a time as this.”

If anyone in New York City is stunned by a brush with Pope Francis, Fr. Joe Parrish is ready to help.

Canon Sally Bingham: The pope’s message on the environment “has given us a tremendous boost.”

Time to stop “trying to keep people in the boat and never actually rowing it anywhere.”

Fr. Brian Vander Wel: “I just want to see him, even if it’s on the [outdoor] TV screen.”

Items from Tanzania, Lambeth Palace, and Nigeria.

The Oct. 4 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Bishop Marc Andrus calls for “loving and appreciative dialogue” about issues raised by Pope Francis.

GAFCON: Division “is not primarily a problem of relationships and cultural context, but of false teaching.”

Archbishop Barry Morgan of Wales questions the traditional demands of the office.

The Episcopal Church welcomes proposals for the last undeveloped property in downtown Austin.

Archbishop Foley Beach intends to join his fellow GAFCON primates, if they attend January’s meeting.

Idowu-Fearon: “The Anglican Communion must now allow the Holy Spirit to intervene in the differences that divide us.”

Archbishop Welby invites Archbishop Foley Beach of the ACNA to attend part of the next Primates’ Meeting.

More than the sizable flock of Pope Francis will welcome him to the United States.

Thistle Farms has hired Hal Cato, formerly CEO of Zeumo and Oasis Center.

The ordination and consecration of the Rev. George R. Sumner, Jr., is scheduled for Nov. 14.

Presiding Bishop: “We are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, and our lives are bound up with theirs.”

“You will know what it means to touch and relieve the true suffering and real needs of desperate people.”

U.K. refugee policy • Upbeat funerals • Bishop Peter Ball to be sentenced • New Zealand parishes to help refugees

Faith groups help persuade the House of Commons to reject a well-funded campaign for assisted suicide.

Two priests create an Off-Off-Broadway musical on finding love late in life.

The Church of England’s Diocese in Europe has launched an appeal to help refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and Eritrea.

Abp. Kwashi: “I have conducted more burial services … than weddings and naming ceremonies since 2001.”

William Lupfer: “David preaches the message that reconciliation is learned and has to be practiced.”

Marvin A. McMickle: “God is not just entrusting the story to us. God is entrusting the congregation’s time to us.”

The Archbishop of Canterbury writes in opposition to physician-assisted suicide.

Prosecutors to seek a 20-year sentence, with ten years of it suspended, for former bishop Heather Cook.

Assisted suicide • Christine Hardman • SE Asia • Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon

The Sept. 20 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Bishop of Maryland condemns attacks on police, offers web course on gun violence.

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba shares audio from his visit with Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

The Episcopal Church’s presiding officers have endorsed End Racism Sunday.

Archbishop of Canterbury: “We must respond with compassion” to those fleeing persecution in the Middle East.

The Rt. Rev. Datuk Ng Moon Hing will become the Church of South East Asia’s primate in February.

Willis Jenkins of the University of Virginia wins first place for his essay, “Is Plutocracy Sinful?”

“Are you praying only for the good people? Aren’t we good enough?”

The Bishop of New Hampshire and two leaders of St. Paul’s School write about Owen Labrie’s conviction.

Bradford’s “Jesus Man” • Creation Care • Rome Honors Luther • Princess Diana’s Grave

The Rev. Michael T. Sniffen will begin serving Nov. 1 as dean of the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City.

Trinity School for Ministry and the Diocese of the Arctic explore partnership.

Leaders of the Anglican Church in North America met with Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Hilarion on Aug. 25.

The Diocese of Pennsylvania has posted its profile and will receive nominations through Sept. 30.

The Braille Unit at HMP Maghaberry in Ireland has completed work on the hymnal supplement Thanks & Praise.

“Our church, Trinity Ecumenical Parish, is the staging area for emergency personnel, police, fire, and EMS.”

The Bishop of Cuba attended seminary as one of eight students. Now there are more than 1,500.

Letter: “This historic accord moves us one small step closer to a world free of nuclear weapons.”

What organizers are calling a “Herstoric March on Women’s Equality Day” is set for Thursday in Washington.

Fordham scholar will be Church Divinity School of the Pacific’s visiting assistant professor of theology.

Episcopalians of many cultures fight the global exploitation of innocent people.

The Diocese of Northern Indiana has released its profile one week before it begins accepting nominations.

Samir Katify’s death, U.K. cathedrals, and Taizé’s anniversary

The Sept. 6 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

An interview with the Rev. Anders Litzell, who serves as prior of the Community of St. Anselm at Lambeth Palace.

The exhibit “Pauli Murray: Imp, Crusader, Dude, Priest” continues until Dec. 12 in Durham.

School affirms “inclusivity of culture, diversity of thought, and the worth and dignity of every human being.”

The presiding bishop joined in a service of reconciliation between people of Japanese and Korean heritage.

Mariann Budde, Bishop of Washington, will serve as interim dean of Washington National Cathedral beginning Jan. 1.

A wax sculpture celebrates the first African-American priest of the Episcopal Church.

Church representatives have released statements opposing a bill that would make physician-assisted suicide legal.

Youth lose interest in free speech; mobile Psalms; and St. Columba’s grave

Reference panel: “A process of Conciliation will be framed in the next few weeks.”

Ruby Sales: “That was the deal we made with each other: that any one of us would have died for each other.”

The oldest book in the donated collection was published in 1695: Christian Life by John Scott.

“Our partners in Myanmar are relying on local resources and expertise to the greatest extent possible.”

Bishop John Richard Bryant: “We keep saying the gun will protect us and yet it seems to make us more violent.”

Some provinces move toward revising “prayer books, hymnals, and liturgical texts.”

About 15 to 20 people have moved into the Bishop of Nzara’s home and 50 are living in the cathedral compound.

South Sudanese church leaders: “There is no moral justification for this senseless war.”

Church of England stewardship adviser John Preston: “Giving has tripled from the 1.1 percent we saw 35 years ago.”

Bishop Trevor Willmott: “We need to rediscover what it is to be a human, and that every human being matters.”

Reports from Europe, Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Kenya, and England

Michael Lapsley: “We often reduce forgiveness to saying we’re sorry. Reality is much more messy and ambiguous.”

The Rev. Adam Yates: “We’re not really sure how old it is.”

Olav Fykse Tveit: “We resolve to continue to press mightily for the outlawing and elimination of these weapons.”

Bp. Mary Gray-Reeves: “To not be afraid to be here in this neighborhood was a very important witness.”

The Rev. Canon Lawrence D. Bausch of Ocean Beach, California, elected president of Forward in Faith North America.

Michael Kinman: “I realized how I was going to get through it was not to read it but to pray it.”

The Aug. 16 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Lonely chaplains in Antarctica, portable dead in the U.K., and besieged Christians in China.

The Rev. Canon Richard L. Marquess-Barry: “I’m hoping that I’ve left some footprints that my two grandsons can step in.”

An Episcopal congregation established by Bishop J. Jon Bruno now fights to stay in place.

Brazil’s primate calls for action against human trafficking.

Diocese of Peru moves toward becoming a province of the Anglican Communion.

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Bishop Graham Kings sees parallels in early Church, Global South.

President Obama met with family members soon after his arrival in Nairobi.

Bishop Rachel Treweek, church weddings, and congregational numbers

Bishop Suffragan to serve as bishop pro tem beginning Nov. 1, when Michael Curry becomes presiding bishop.

Bishop Smith of North Dakota: “[T]he ‘doctrine’ of our church is in conflict with the ‘worship’ of our church.”

Archbishop Anders Wejryd: “We have been looked upon as being ecumenically dangerous.”

Brazilian primate: “My hope is that in our next Primates meeting we can have sincere and honest conversation.”

Edwin Davis: “The way our nation handles criminal justice wounds victims and offenders alike.”

Three archbishops respond to an address by Bishop Graham Kings, mission theologian in the Anglican Communion.

The Rev. Juan M. Cabrero-Oliver was appointed by the presiding bishop and approved by General Convention.

Bishops Edward Konieczny, William Love, and Gregory Brewer discuss General Convention’s decisions.

Bavarian Lutherans and Anglicans discussed current joint ministries July 14-16 at the Episcopal Church Center.

Owen Chadwick’s death, honors for cricket-playing missionary brothers, and responses to same-sex marriage

“Jonathan has a personal connection with our Commonwealth of Virginia, graduating from Virginia Military Institute.”

Bishop Daniel Martins: “Marriage is not merely historic; it is pre-historic and pan-historic.”

The Rev. Shannon Preston will join the first class of the Community St. Anselm in September.

The Rt. Rev. David C. Bowman, Bishop of Western New York for 11 years, died peacefully at home July 10.

Seminarians studying in Chicago, Nashville, and Rochester receive the Jonathan M. Daniels Memorial Fellowship.

Didgeridoo music marks a bishop’s consecration in Adelaide, Australia.

Archbishop Welby and Sudan, a tree church, and the Rev. Joyce Bennett’s death

A photo essay: How do clergy decide what to wear with their standard shirt-and-collar?

The Anglican Church in Australia has a new international agenda: working with the Asian Church in the Asian Century.

General Convention brings deep and wide change to marriage, leadership, liturgy, structure, mission, and more.

Episcopal Church Women’s Triennial meets under the theme “Stir Up the Spirit: ¡Celebremos!”

The July 26 edition of TLC features comprehensive reporting and brief commentary on the 78th General Convention.

The Rt. Rev. O’Kelley Whitaker, retired Bishop of Central New York, died June 25.

Bishop Dorsey McConnell: Rites do not “adequately explain what they are doing and why.”

Former seminary professor Terence Kelshaw was elected Bishop of the Rio Grande in 1989.

Daughters of the King hear from the Rev. Becca Stevens and the Rev. Canon Andrew White.

“The Church of God finds its integrity in teaching and living according to the received Word of God.”

George Sumner: “I mean, by God’s grace, to be bishop for the whole diocese, across differences of opinion.”

Tutus celebrate 60 years of marriage.

The Diocese of Dallas strives to honor the church’s constitution, the prayer book, and Scripture.

Today the Jordan River is seriously polluted by sewage and industrial waste.

Deputies’ closing topics: alternative liturgies, confirmation, assessments, Israel, PB’s job security.

The House of Bishops settled structural proposals during its final session of the 78th General Convention.

Deportees “are real Dominicans,” Bishop Duracin said. “They have been deported because of the color of their skin.”

The Episcopal Church will begin a process of revising the 1982 Hymnal.

General Convention has cleared a way for returning clergy who had left the Episcopal Church.

The House of Bishops approved creating a revision process for The Hymnal 1982 on Friday morning.

The presiding bishop-elect said the Church unites “traditionalists” and “progressives,” “Republicans and Democrats.”

Deputies agreed that both houses can do more than sit together for occasional presentations.

Three entities have been charged with divesting from the investment portfolios of fossil-fuel companies.

Deputy Kate Moorehead: “We’re simply embarking on a study and a listening process.”

Deputies hear only five sentences of Communion Partners’ statement.

A Statement of the Mind of the House of Bishops

Bp. Frade: “My experience with boycotts and embargoes is that they hurt the very people we think we’re helping.”

Bishops must now forward all Title IV complaints, even of one too many Alleluias, or risk punishment.

Global South leaders: “We are deeply grieved again by the Episcopal Church … to change the definition of marriage in their church canons.”

Twenty bishops of the Episcopal Church dissent from the recent actions of General Convention on marriage.

Deputies authorize new spending from endowment returns to plant new churches.

Both presiding officers to have a say in executive leadership for the Episcopal Church.

Jon Sweeney to tell of Episcopal author’s massive influence on religion in American life.

Bishops debate if the presiding bishop should have sole authority in hiring church executives.

House of Bishops completes vast reduction of church’s standing commissions.

The Episcopal Church has revised references to a bond between “husband and wife.”

“I’m Mark, and I’m an alcoholic,” said Bishop Mark Hollingsworth, Jr., of Ohio as he began a committee report.

Deputies took an assertive step to preserve the presiding bishop’s executive power.

The motion to reconsider the resolution did not obtain the necessary majority.

Youth from the Diocese of Olympia reflect on a conversation about racism held at General Convention 78.

“We speak of a big tent, a table where all are welcome. … let our actions represent these images.”

Deputies asked on Tuesday why a committee killed some recommendations of the restructuring committee.

Resolution asks that the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music prepare a plan for prayer-book revision.

Scott Gunn: “The holy Church is filled with imperfect people, so we should not expect perfection.”

The Last Race is being filmed in China by a Hong Kong director, Stephen Shin.

The Salvation Army celebrates 150th anniversary, and other news.

Church headquarters receives receives only 61 percent of its income from diocesan assessments.

The meeting began with the hymn “O God our help in ages past,” which drew some chuckles.

Abp. Welby: Redefining marriage has “ramifications for the Anglican Communion,” ecumenism, and interfaith work.

Bishop Dean Wolf: “It’s less fun to play” when agreed-upon changes keep returning to their original form.

Evangelism and church planting got major boosts Monday from the House of Deputies.

Poignant stories allowed a conversation to be as vulnerable and earthy as it was intellectual and spiritual.

Bishops voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposal: 129 for, 26 against, and 5 abstentions.

Deputies rejected a proposal that a task force on marriage “consult with other members of the Anglican Communion.”

Bishop C. Andrew Doyle: “I love you all and your division is a very real division in my own heart.”

Early Sunday, Curry capped an anti-gun violence rally with a glimpse of his exuberant preaching style.

Proposal would give Executive Council firing power on COO, CFO, and Chief Legal Officer.

Cindy Smith: Reconciliation’s path “will be traveled by those who call a place home and know their neighbors.”

The Most Rev. Samuel Robert Azariah talks with TLC about living as a Christian in Pakistan.

“Money is power. It’s precisely the power of the pension funds that we would like to see asserted in this fight.”

Bishop James Mathes: “It wasn’t just the White House that was built with slave labor. Our church was.”

The sweets arrived as a committee was making cuts in a $35.5 million budget.

Resolution calls for divestment from companies doing business on the West Bank.

A committee has declined to recommend another three years of work by the Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church.

Bishop Michael Smith: “I think the 1979 BCP has done its work, and our people like to receive communion on Sundays.”

The Claiming Common Ground Against Gun Violence rally denounces a rash of gunshot deaths in the United States.

Presiding Bishop-elect Michael Curry fields questions on church growth, racism, reconciliation, and marriage.

The choice took only a single ballot in the House of Bishops. Curry received 121 out of 154 votes cast.

Bishop Charles Keyser: “We need a pastor that can inspire with his own faith and preach the gospel.”

All eyes will be on St. Mark’s Cathedral in Salt Lake City as the House of Bishops elects the 27th presiding bishop.

The Most Rev. David Chillingworth discusses the need for shared struggle in the church.

Sally Sedgwick: “If your boss is sitting there and you don’t agree … very often you will not say anything.”

Dean Neal Michell: “At the heart of our Communion is relationship.”

Bishop Stephen Lane: “It’s a balanced budget without mistakes.”

The Rev. Canon Mark Harris talks about possibilities for reconciliation within the church.

Committee threads the needle on lay ministers using consecrated elements of the Holy Eucharist.

“The great thing about the Episcopal Church is that we decide these things for ourselves.”

Bishop Robinson: “The last person who’s going to tell you he has a drinking problem is a drunk.”

Kevin Eckstrom discusses the next presiding bishop, changes to marriage, and the need for evangelism.

President Gay Jennings: “I think we have probably had our last unanimous structure vote for a while.”

Theodicy Jazz Collective opened with “Siyahamba,” the song from South Africans’ long struggle against apartheid.

Susan Russell: “It is time to let our yes be yes, and end what is nothing less than de facto sacramental apartheid.”

“We are going after those who are lost and are searching, and we’re saying, ‘What you’re searching for is made known.’”

Bp. Martins: “There is a longstanding cult of veneration … there seems to be no reason to exclude [King Charles].”

The Rev. Scott Gunn of Forward Movement talks with TLC’s G. Jeffrey MacDonald about the days ahead.

Deputy Henry Lodge: “I want Jesus accessible to my people and yours.”

PB: “God’s people” includes “Episcopalians, Baptists, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and Nones.”

Ariana Gonzalez-Bonillas, deputy from Arizona, gave a rousing greeting: “Gooood morning, House of Bishops!”

Bishop Mary Glasspool: “I’ve never seen a hearing before the Convention got officially started.”

Testimony compares Book of Common Prayer’s marriage rite with Confederate flag.

Wednesday’s session for presiding-bishop nominees was marked by humor, earnestness, and frequent tweeting.

PB: “We need to be fearless in examining what will come before us.”

Bishop Mark Hollingsworth: “There’s a difficult line in the church between disease and sin.”

The Rt. Rev. Jay Magness, Bishop Suffragan for Federal Ministries and Armed Forces, addresses how changes to warfare require the church to revisit the nature of Just War theory.

The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church shares its knowledge through JSTOR.org.

“It’s hard to say these are outdated issues when nine black Christians were killed in their church.”

General Convention’s presiding officers said Tuesday they would not push to change its culture of social drinking.

Proposed changes to a canon on preparing students for ordination drew fire Tuesday.

Gay Jennings: “God is calling us to dismantle the systems of racism and privilege” in nation and church.

Dan Webster: The Episcopal Church’s size in the Beehive State has always motivated it to partner with other faiths.

Thirty-nine-year veteran of General Theological Seminary’s faculty will leave at the end of June.

Bishop Johnston: “end run” could “bring a degree of discredit to what we are trying to affirm as true and right.”

The Diocese of Virginia’s three bishops are inclined to vote against the proposed canon to redefine marriage.

Reports on Burundi, England, and South East Asia

Massacre at church claims Myra Thompson, whose husband, Anthony, is a priest of the Reformed Episcopal Church.

The Living Church will cover General Convention with a larger team this year.

Bp. W. Andrew Waldo: “We stand in crushed disbelief at yesterday’s wanton violence in Charleston.”

Abp. Thabo Makgoba praises the pope’s focus on the ethical and spiritual roots of environmental problems.

An airborne tour of Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh

Congregations work with public schools for the sake of students.

Bishop Graham Kings wants to help Global South scholars “enrich the mission of the Church.”

Basil Edwards, OSB, will serve as abbot for five years.

The World Council of Churches’ Commission on Faith and Order is meeting at the Manastirea Caraiman.

Archbishop Justin Welby praises “the spring from which so much of the human quest for political liberty has drawn.”

Joint nominating committee’s final essay explains the steps of choosing the 27th presiding bishop.

The Diocese of South Carolina rejects the terms of an Episcopal Church in South Carolina proposal.

The June 28 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Very Rev. Thomas Ferguson and the Rev. Canon Scott Gunn combine wonkery with generous humor.

Sarah Mullally will be the next Bishop of Crediton, a suffragan post in Exeter Diocese.

Jake Dell writes about the results of an online proof-of-concept test.

TLC will present a panel discussion, “Defining Marriage,” during General Convention.

“Canon Kodwo Ankrah was a highly motivated and effective church leader.”

School of Theology says it will receive a significant portion of $1 million from the Episcopal Foundation of Texas.

Blaze began in the back of the Sisters of the Holy Nativity’s mother house in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Zachary Guiliano responds to three critiques of Fully Alive.

Communicating the right priorities is one of the keys to strategic leadership.

Rector from South Carolina forms transatlantic partnership with parish priest in Ireland.

Former bishop faces trial on manslaughter, drunken driving, and other charges in September.

Archbishop of Canterbury cites the martyred St. Peter in visit to China.

The Brotherhood of St. Andrew will sponsor a ministry fair June 12 in Philadelphia.

Two faculty members of Bexley Seabury — Thomas Ferguson and Jason Fout — have received Conant Grants for 2015-16.

The Episcopal Church-United Methodist Dialogue Committee on Full Communion takes another step forward.

Parch, on the Welsh S4C network, offers a realistic insight into the work of a woman vicar in rural Wales.

The trustees of Virginia Theological Seminary have approved an eight-year strategic plan.

Professor Gale Yee has received the Graduate Theological Foundation’s Krister Stendahl Medal in Biblical Studies.

Trinity School for Ministry has $11.5 million in pledges toward a $14 million goal.

The June 14 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Diocese of Eastern Oregon will accept nominations until July 20 as it seeks a bishop.

The election of the 27th presiding bishop reflects a church in flux.

Bishops write of General Seminary’s “efforts to test new approaches and create new models for seminary education.”

The Rev. Frank Fornaro, interim president and dean of Episcopal Divinity School, will stay on for another year.

Bishop Chilton Knudsen: “As we teach the clergy how to ask the harder questions, they are learning.”

The Rev. Canon Scott Gunn, Executive Director of Forward Movement, responds to the marriage task force and to Fully Alive.

Bishop C. Andrew Doyle: “My hope is that this text will offer leaven to feed the Church’s imagination.”

Church of Ireland will “celebrate only marriage between a man and a woman.”

Bp. Paul Butler: “I know church leaders and churches are seeking to work for peace, nonviolence, and a way through.”

“Say the Mass, bless the people, and do it over and over again.”

Virginia Theological Seminary has held its first commencement in the new Immanuel Chapel.

Philosophy professor Don Reed raises questions about the marriage task force’s report.

Ellen Wondra on the major issues of Convention: restructuring, marriage, and electing the next presiding bishop.

The Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop releases more details.

Brother Geoffrey Tristram: “Our world needs prayer, not just of monks, but of as many people as possible.”

The Rev. Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan is the newly elected president of the Canadian Council of Churches.

Help your family, friends, and parishioners be informed and reflective about General Convention.

The Rev. James Krueger is founder of Mons Nubifer Sanctus, a center for studying contemplative Christian life.

The General Theological Seminary has appointed the Rev. Todd H.W. Brewer as assistant professor of New Testament.

Principal of Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, elected on fourth ballot.

J. Scott Mayer will be Provisional Bishop of Fort Worth and Bishop Diocesan of Northwest Texas.

The Diocese of Pittsburgh will return to office space at Trinity Cathedral.

Many Christians were meeting for worship on a Saturday because Sunday is a working day in Nepal.

The Anglican Theological Review has published the first of several essays planned by a new initiative, Fully Alive.

Michael Battle and Kevin John Moroney will begin teaching at General Seminary in the fall.

“A Memorial to the Church” proposes ambitious resolutions for this year’s General Convention.

Four full-communion bishops join consecration of Bishop Peter Eaton.

Nominating committee to release more details on nominees soon.

Bp. Mark Beckwith: “The debate over gun violence in our country has become polarized, but it need not be that way.”

The Rev. Malcolm Clemens Young will become the ninth Dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco.

James Reginato writes for Vanity Fair: “Finally, a self-described ‘urban sanctuary’ that lives up to its billing.”

“I believe that in the Communion we have created what I call the enemy within.”

The Frances Perkins Homestead will celebrate its status as a National Historic Landmark on June 3.

The seventh Bishop of Maine has published works on addiction and congregational healing.

The May 24 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Carol de Giere pays tribute to the 1971 musical and composer Stephen Schwartz.

Nashotah House’s commencement week includes installation of Steven Peay as its 20th dean and president.

Diocese of Indianapolis plans episcopal election in October 2016.

The Diocese of Dallas has encouraged its members to join a novena for the election of a new bishop.

Bishop J. Scott Mayer discusses his vision for being bishop provisional for the Diocese of Fort Worth.

“[T]his interim year in Denver will move me back into the kind of ministry I envisioned when I was ordained.”

Pope Francis: “There is a strong bond that already unites us which goes beyond all divisions.”

Reform’s chairman appointed next Bishop of Maidstone.

Colombian-born scholar will teach at Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Bishop Jacob Owensby grants permission for Lafayette, Shreveport parishes to bless same-sex couples.

An initiative aims to mobilize 500,000 local church members to address South Carolina’s education crisis.

Executive director of Episcopal Peace Fellowship calls four justices’ questions “cruel and pompous.”

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, K Street, has called the Rev. Richard David Wall to be its tenth rector.

Now-resigned suffragan bishop Heather E. Cook still faces a criminal trial in the death of bicyclist Tom Palermo.

Nominees: Bishops Thomas Breidenthal, Michael Curry, Ian Douglas, and Dabney Smith.

Unlike Presiding Bishops, “Jesus did take people from one view of the future to another.”

Quan Am Buddhist Temple in Utica, New York, was once St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

“Throughout the day their cell phones rang with firsthand accounts” of violence in Baltimore.

Pope Francis tells the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission that unity is not optional.

Edward W. Gnehm, Jr.: “I think our faith needs to be bolder and stronger.”

Bishop Sutton: “We are in an official State of Emergency, but we are also in an unofficial State of Despair.”

The ninth Bishop of Southern Virginia returned to the Episcopal Church earlier this month.

Derek Olsen: “This activity was not protest at an unjust system as much as opportunistic criminal behavior.”

Bishop Eugene Sutton: “Pray for Baltimore. Violence is not the answer, ever.”

Dean Kevin Carroll: “State interference in the burial of our dead is a violation of the First Amendment.”

General Seminary’s reports to the Association of Theological Schools will resume in late fall.

Bishop Gary Lillibridge of West Texas has granted permission to three congregations to bless same-sex couples.

“Reconciliation is a form of witness.”

“Moral reasoning often requires us to transcend our emotional and visceral responses.”

“Alleluia Be Our Measure: A Festival of Sacred Arts” is scheduled for May 1-3 at Church of the Holy Communion.

“The redefinition of legal marriage … has serious consequences, especially for religious freedom.”

Baltimore faith leaders call for “deliberate conversation, accountability, respect, and unity of purpose.”

Archbishop Justin Welby: “The way these brothers lived and died communicated that their testimony is trustworthy.”

The Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop has concluded its work of discernment.

Two ‘GTS 8’ faculty members have resigned this month.

Jana Troutman-Miller relies on natural light — and some editing — to create photographic art.

Saint Thomas Choir School teaches life lessons.

Bishop Grant LeMarquand responds to news of 28 Ethiopian martyrs.

Sarah Thebarge’s health crises helped her see others’ invisible suffering.

“[H]is purposeful leadership and personal generosity inspired Christians throughout the world.”

The May 3 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

“We do not regard the recent use of a Church of England building for a Muslim service as a minor aberration.”

Edward Konieczny: “Let us pray for peace, healing, hope, and reconciliation for all on this anniversary and always.”

Kurt Dunkle: “One bishop recently reflected that the Wisdom Year residency is like an old-fashioned curacy. Amen!”

Christopher Seitz and Mark McCall: “We are witnessing the emergence of a New Episcopal Church.”

A lack of knowledge is especially insidious because it only helps perpetuate the problem of modern slavery.

Two brothers from the Taizé Community will lead a meditation April 21 at Virginia Theological Seminary.

The Living Church is pleased to announce the sixth Student Essays in Christian Wisdom Competition.

The Rev. Mary Wetzel, vicar of the Church of the Common Ground, to receive the Rev. Dr. Suzanne Hiatt Award.

An accidental fire on March 24 brought N.C. Episcopal communities together in new ways

Welby opens nominations for the 2016 Michael Ramsey Prize, seeking best writing in service of the Church

Retired Archbishop George Carey will visit Detroit on this year’s Feast of the Ascension.

The Sisters of St. Mary welcomed the paschal dawn at Christ the King Spiritual Life Center in Greenwich, N.Y.

The 150 plus Kenyan students killed on Maundy Thursday are martyrs, the Archbishop of Canterbury said in his Easter Day sermon at Canterbury Cathedral.

The April 19 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

Abp. Wabukala: “On this Good Friday we gather … in the shadow of a great and terrible evil.”

“Bp. Idowu-Fearon has long been a moderate voice in Nigerian Anglicanism.”

“Please do not let this Easter pass without letting Jesus change your life.”

The Most Rev. Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon will become the Anglican Communion’s next Secretary General in July.

What Derek Olsen has learned in recent years through serving on the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music.

Revived Malines Conversation Group meets in the United States for the first time.

The Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast reflects on property battles and his plans for the future.

Bishop Larry Benfield: “People of genuine faith do not discriminate.”

Lucille Miriam Scheid Germany, former editor of the Texas Episcopalian, died March 11. She was 90.

General Convention’s online list of Blue Book reports grows week by week in preparation for the triennial gathering.

The Bishops of Northern Indiana and Central New York have both served more than a decade and a half.

Food for the Poor chooses Ogé Beauvoir as executive director of its Haiti office.

“A Simple Path to a Deeper Spiritual Life” is free to all through April 5.

“[M]ay we become faithful advocates for justice, and reconciling examples of the indiscriminate love of God.”

The Diocese of Connecticut is not sure it needs a cathedral anymore.

“We are deeply concerned about the divisions within our beloved Anglican Communion.”

The Ven. Rachel Treweek and the Rev. Canon Alison White appointed as bishops of the Church of England.

Discernment period leads St. Paul’s, K Street, to changes on women in priesthood, blessings for same-sex couples.

Bishop Victoria Matthews encourages consideration of architect’s proposal to rebuild Cathedral in the Square.

Two Carolina bishops discuss the Task Force on the Study of Marriage.

We can face alcoholism “without fear and with honesty, and break the isolation and shame on which addiction feeds.”

The Rev. Francis Fornaro, a 1996 graduate of Episcopal Divinity School, is now its interim dean and president.

St. James Cathedral, Chicago, has called the Rev. Dominic Barrington of Kettering, England, to be its dean.

The April 5 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Roy Cockram Foundation underwrites a five-hour adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s 900-page novel, “2666.”

The Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop meets March 19-22.

Spiritual Opportunity to Unite and Learn will meet during General Convention in Salt Lake City.

On their respective weblogs, two bishops offer their perspectives on the final day of the House of Bishops’ Lent retreat.

Oliver O’Donovan: Christian thought “proceeds in respectful dialogue with a canonical text.”

The Episcopal Church of Cuba has decided, by a six-vote margin, to rejoin the U.S.-based Episcopal Church.

“I’m expecting to see a very different place,” Bishop Joe Morris Doss said before leaving Cuba.

Bishops Daniel Martins and Bishop Dan Edwards reflect on the House of Bishops’ Lent meeting at Kanuga.

The Diocese of Central Pennsylvania has elected the Rev. Canon Audrey Cady Scanlan as its 11th bishop.

A statement from Anglican women of South Sudan

A parish in McAllen, Texas, plans a trade school for children in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.

The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Milwaukee, hosts a discussion of “The Passion of our Lord according to Mark.”

Anglicans will offer workshops during the Gospel Coalition’s National Conference in April.

Bishop Philip Duncan: “Give thanks for these who, along with so many others, have made the ultimate sacrifice.”

“I give thanks that the Spirit of God is using Jean Vanier’s life and ministry so powerfully.”

The Diocese of the Dominican Republic has nominated three priests in its search for a bishop coadjutor.

March 13 is the application deadline for the Episcopal Church Foundation’s 2015 Fellowship.

Bishop Jack Iker suggests a conflict resolution process. Attorney Thomas Leatherbury questions its legitimacy.

Memories of Jonathan Daniels, other slain activists, linger at Bloody Sunday anniversary events.

A tough winter inspires cooperation and creativity among congregations.

The March 22 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Rev. Gay Jennings and about 2,000 other religious leaders sign amicus brief supporting same-sex marriage.

The 59th Session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women will draw Episcopalians and Anglicans to New York City.

Patrick Augustine: Persecution “has not helped to convert one Christian to Islam.”

Chris Matthews: President Lincoln and Martin Luther King "talked right into the face of their enemies."

Rector in South Orange, N.J., hailed for her “unwavering commitment to social justice.”

Stephen Colbert visited America magazine on Mardi Gras and discussed his plans for Lent.

Patricia High, wife of the Rt. Rev. Rayford B. High, Jr., died March 4 at her home.

St. Timothy’s Church of Gridley, California, assists an anti-Ebola campaign.

Both parties in Ft. Worth have responded to Judge John Chupp’s latest order on motions for partial summary judgment.

The University of the South’s School of Theology has launched EQB Fellowship to address seminarians’ debt.

The Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls, the Episcopal Church’s COO, will preach at an interim shared Eucharist in Manhattan.

Kelly Renee Gissendaner is set to become the first woman to be executed in Georgia since 1945.

Mass to honor the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, 15th president of the University of Notre Dame.

The Rt. Rev. Orris G. Walker, Jr., has died at 72.

The Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd died Feb. 27 while in private hospice care in Los Angeles.

Jan Butter has worked as the Anglican Communion Office’s director for communications for five years.

The Rev. Canon Malcolm Boyd has entered private hospice amid severe complications of pneumonia.

“If EDS is the school that can best equip your ministry, financial barriers are not going to get in your way.”

St. Francis Anglican Church, Austin, asks to affiliate with Bishop Jack Iker’s diocese.

A four-page statement reflects on 20 years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

Hannah Matis Perett: “We need one another because as Christians we are called to relationship.”

The Episcopal Church in South Carolina and the Diocese of South Carolina respond to a judge’s latest ruling.

“Trinitarian doctrine can assist us in the effort to read Paul and understand his theology.”

The Episcopal Church in Minnesota, St. Mark’s Cathedral, and Episcopal Homes unite for a $3.1 million project.

List of Seminaries that Change the World includes two Episcopal schools.

The Rev. James Russell Kendrick of Birmingham has been elected fourth Bishop of the Central Gulf Coast.

In a 30-minute podcast, Muhammad Shafiq and Prince G. Singh discuss a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

The March 8 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers.

The Rev. Bill Lupfer has worked full time for six months to prepare for his work at Trinity Wall Street.

Committee addresses concerns that election training “could somehow lead to a contested or invalid election.”

Robert W. Prichard, Adrienne Terrell Washington will discuss the Civil War role of Virginia Theological Seminary.

Services set for Feb. 19 in Houston and Feb. 28 in Waltham, Massachusetts, for Israel, Dorcus, and Jay Ahimbisibwe.

Maryland bishop repents for “not learning more about the ‘cunning, baffling and powerful’ nature of alcoholism.”

Ed Waggoner, assistant professor of theology, holds the new Rt. Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Chair in Episcopal Studies.

“Please pray for us, that we may … hold to the testimony exhibited by the brave Egyptians in Libya.”

Bishop Graham Kings will assist Anglican theologians from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Bishop Jon Bruno: “Lent is an appropriate time for us all to re-examine our relationship with water.”

Anglican Student Ministries at Baylor University will sponsor “C.S. Lewis and the Intellectual Life” during Lent.

Presiding Bishop: “Healing requires hope for a redeemed future for the Palermo family as well as Heather Cook.”

The Rev. Canon Linda Grenz: “We can’t be agents of reconciliation without being honest about the past.”

Thomas Pfau will discuss “Minding the Modern: Human Agency, Intellectual Traditions, and Responsible Knowledge.”

Churches Mutual Credit Union is open to at least 60,000 members across the United Kingdom.

Pennylvania bishops: “We share a common humanity and therefore must be equal in the eyes of the law.”

Under Title IV, Presiding Bishop prohibits Bishop Heather Cook from engaging in any ministry.

Archbishop Justin Welby: “We are finally called to be those who worship and adore God in Christ.”

J. Scott Barker of Nebraska will “make a small witness for delight in sobriety as a bishop of the Church.”