“Our church worked hand in hand with the government to assimilate these children. … We need to acknowledge it happened.” – The Rev. Bradley Hauff, a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest and missioner for Indigenous Ministries with the Episcopal Church
More details are emerging surrounding alleged mishandling of the case of alleged abuse in ACNA’s Diocese of the Upper Midwest.
The prayer is among a new generation of spiritual tools specifically designed for the horror of mass shootings. Written by an Episcopal priest for the bishops, it was constructed with the cruel assumption of its growth, with additional shootings that result in more than four deaths continually added at the end. The litany now takes more than 12 minutes to pray.
An Episcopal nun, Claudette Monica Powell or Sister Monica, is Sister Superior at her convent in New Jersey, Community of St. John Baptist. At age 55, she also has over 48,000 followers on TikTok. Her video on skincare has received over 277,000 views.
“This virtual revival will lift up Jesus and invite us to renew our commitment to establishing God’s Beloved Community,” Coleman said. “We welcome all people, especially Episcopalians, regardless of race or ethnicity, to join us in engaging the continuing realities of racism and racial injustice today while experiencing the vibrant spirituality that has enabled Black people to persevere and thrive against the odds.”
We know that The Episcopal Church was associated with Indigenous schools during the 19th and 20th centuries. We must come to a full understanding of the legacies of these schools.
“It’s hard to overstate the strength of this feeling, among white evangelicals in particular, of America being a white Christian country,” said Jones. “This sense of ownership of America just runs so deep in white evangelical circles.” The feeling that it’s slipping away has created an atmosphere of rage, resentment and paranoia.
Elizabeth Henry, who resigned as the C of E’s race adviser last year, said the decision was “a slap in the face”. She said: “To say it’s too costly is a gross insult. It’s to say racial justice is too expensive when it is a foundation of our faith. This decision is a disgrace.
Bishop Stewart Ruch III of the Anglican Church in North America’s Upper Midwest Diocese had known since 2019 that former lay minister Mark Rivera had been charged with felony child sexual abuse. But he did not tell people in his diocese about the abuse allegations until last month — which Ruch has called a “regrettable error.”
Other data from the PRRI 2020 Census suggests mainline church membership will exceed will white evangelical membership in the coming years. For instance, young people are more likely to be mainline than evangelical. And evangelicals are older.