St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook, in partnership with the Diocese of Alabama, recently bought and forgave $8.1 million in medical debt. Because hospitals sell off unpaid bills at discounted rates, the church and RIP Medical Debt were able to buy $8.1 million in debt for just $78,000.
Many Texans are people of strong faith who take seriously the Gospel call to welcome the stranger and to help those who are fleeing religious persecution and violence. The Episcopal community in Texas shares these values.
Hidden history, the Communion in 2020, and shuffling staff at the PB’s office; it’s our weekly roundup of stories from around the church.
At least two Australian bishops have written to their dioceses in the wake of the devastating bush fires currently engulfing much of the continent. From
In 1802, Absalom Jones, born into slavery in Delaware, became the first black priest in the Episcopal Church, co-founding and serving what became the African
“The attack on Saturday, December 28 at the home of a Brooklyn Jewish rabbi in the midst of a Hanukkah celebration after a rash of recent anti-Semitic incidents in our region impels us, the Episcopal Church bishops of Long Island, to speak out in solidarity and support of our Jewish sisters and brothers.”
Minnesota has added three more candidates by petition to its episcopal slate; bringing the total to five for the election later this month.
The Washington Post reports that there is a plan in place to split the United Methodist Church into at least two separate denominations. Leaders of
It’s our weekly roundup of stories from around the church.
We look back on the stories of 2019 and peer ahead to 2020.