Diocese of Bethlehem seeks new bishop
August 8, 2017
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The Diocese of Bethlehem in Pennsylvania is beginning the search for a new bishop.
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Virginia bishops call on clergy to protest white supremacist-supported rally
August 8, 2017
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The bishops of Virginia have released a statement calling clergy to protest a rally being held in Charlottesville on Saturday. The rally is called “Unite the Right” and is in response to the city’s removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee and renaming of Lee Park to Emancipation Park.
Would you like to represent the Episcopal Church at the UN?
August 7, 2017
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The provincial delegate and the churchwide delegates will be able to attend the official United Nations Commission on the Status of Women proceedings at the United Nations and will represent the Episcopal Church/Anglican Communion in their advocacy at the UN, including joint advocacy with the group Ecumenical Women.
Collaborative ministry grows congregations
August 7, 2017
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The idea that a collaboration of gifts works best to build up the body of Christ has been promoted since the letters of Paul, and now there is data to back it up.
Charleston Post & Courier: Episcopal Church schism enters new chapter of uncertainty after court ruling
August 5, 2017
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The Diocese of South Carolina under the leadership of Bishop Mark Lawrence was granted an extension on Friday for filing a request for a rehearing, giving lawyers 30 days to submit their petition with the S.C. Supreme Court. If granted the petition, attorneys will argue the case again, this time before a court whose members have partially changed.
Observations on “orthodox” Christianity
August 5, 2017
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If the adjective “orthodox” is untethered from such ecumenical standards, it quickly becomes a cheap epithet we idiosyncratically attach to views and positions in order to write off those we disagree with as “heretics” and unbelievers. If “orthodox” becomes an adjective that is unhooked from these conciliar canons, then it becomes a word we use to make sacrosanct the things that matter to “us” in order to exclude “them.”
British bishop says the church has forgotten the poor
August 4, 2017
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Bishop Philip North, Bishop of Burnley, says that that the church has forgotten the poor and working class.
How to listen to a sermon
August 4, 2017
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Bishop George Sumner of the Diocese of Dallas gives ten tips on how to listen to a sermon.
Diocesan leaders to gather in SC to figure out “what next?”
August 3, 2017
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In the wake the State Supreme Court decision in favor of the continuing diocese, leaders are gathering to determine next steps
Official Youth Presence for General Convention applications open
August 3, 2017
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Though still a year away, applications for next year’s General Convention official youth presence are now being accepted.
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