A pastoral letter to the congregation of the Cathedral of St. Luke in Orlando, Diocese of Central Florida, describes the pastoral care the Cathedral is providing to the victims of the mass shooting at The Pulse last Sunday.
As the United Kingdom heads towards a referendum on June 23 to decide if they should remain apart of the European Union, the churches in England have been caught up in the debate even as they try to stay out of it.
One year ago, nine people were killed in a Bible Study at Emanuel AME Zion Church in Charleston, SC. The citizens of the city and the members of the congregation are still coming to terms with the tragedy.
Bishop Susan Goff, Suffragan Bishop of Virginia and assisting Bishop in the Diocese of Liverpool, preached at the ordination of priests at Liverpool Cathedral.
Meeting in Atlanta this week, representatives from the College for Bishops, The Episcopal Church Development Office and The Episcopal Church Foundation as well as the Presiding Bishop, have come together to work on a new program called Project Resource which seeks to fundamentally alter how the church finds resources for mission.
In the wake of the tragic shooting in Orlando, the anti-LGBT sentiment of many faith leaders is being called into account. Piers Morgan confronted the Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend John Sentamu, on the British morning program Good Morning Britain.
From The Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs (the press release can be found online here): Save the date: International Black Clergy Conference in November
The report, presented during a meeting of Executive Council’s Joint Standing Committee on Finances for Mission, marks the first time since a misconduct scandal broke in December that the church has publicly acknowledged a problem in its systems for uncovering misconduct.
Around one in four children in the south Cumberland plateau, where Sewanee: The University of the South is located, doesn’t have enough food to eat.
The Southern Baptist Convention holds its annual meeting this week (in St. Louis, with 6,000 attending), addressing racism, homosexuality and the Orlando massacre in statements