“She volunteered mentally and physically to save God’s creation through her conservation efforts. She gave many trees to our church to plant. When [we] see these trees growing well, we remember her”
In 2005 about 43% of congregations reported high spiritual vitality and 5 years later this has dropped to 28%.
In a brief interview with Trinity Wall Street’s Jim Melchiorre from June, Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina reflects on the
As good as the news may have been for one Episcopal charity attacking homelessness, 37 percent of Baltimore children continue to live in poverty.
Guidelines can help keep things together, but it’s going to take more than a style guide to keep things together at this point.
Who is this “pastorpreneur”? What additional skills or training must he or she possess in order to help the church be effective? What must happen within church for there to be enough trust between priest and congregation to allow such a role to come forth? And what in the world happens to “preach, teach, and administer the sacraments”?
“Yes, Jesus can heal people of their afflictions — but if there is no affliction then there is no need of healing.”
The Sept. 21 release of U.S. hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal from an Iranian prison “affirms the importance of the role of religious dialogue and its end product in this case,
public diplomacy, as we seek ways to define common ground between our two countries,” said Bishop John Chane
An important question to consider as many churches begin to enter stewardship season: Does the tithe count if some of the 10% does not go to the church?
While visiting churches in their new area, they may spend one Sunday at yours. The impression they get that morning is how they’ll decide to come back or not… unless you find a way to give them a bigger picture—like e-mail.