The Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church today instructed the Church’s Faith and Order Board to begin the two year process which may lead towards canonical change. Same gendered couples could possibly be married in the Church starting in late 2017.
The Scottish Episcopal Church will hold their annual General Synod this week, from June 11-13. Among their other tasks will be a decision to revise their marriage canons especially in light of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Scotland.
Philadelphia-based Partners for Sacred Places hopes to promote partnerships between congregations, artists, nonprofit cultural groups and even creative businesses in Detroit, Baltimore and Austin.
The General Theological Seminary has announced that the Very Rev. Michael Battle, Ph.D., has been appointed as the Herbert Thompson Professor of Church and Society and Director of The Desmond Tutu Center.
In two separate but concurrent actions, Bishop Heather Cook resigned today as Bishop Suffragan of Maryland and has reached “an accord” which means that she may no longer function as an ordained person in the Episcopal Church.
The Rev. Alison Cheek and the Rev. Carter Heyward were part of an April 11 symposium at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Knoxville, Tennessee, sponsored by East Tennessee Episcopal Church Women.
Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, has a new pastoral care ministry called “Paws With Christ” through which certified dog and owner teams visit local nursing homes and work with other community members.
Archbishop Eliud Wabukala of Kenya has issued a pastoral letter in the wake of the Al Shabaab attack on a university in Garrissa, Kenya yesterday.
Bishop Heather Cook appeared in Baltimore Circuit Court and entered a plea of not guilty to charges in the hit-and-run death of Thomas Palermo last December. June 4, 2015 has been set for her trial.
Diocese of Christchurch Bishop Victoria Matthews has encouraged her diocese to consider a design by New Zealand architect Sir Miles Warren to rebuild the diocesan cathedral in the city’s Cathedral Square.