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Community Spotlight - Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul

The Baptismal Covenant in the Episcopal Church asks, "Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?" The Episcopal Cathedral...

East Tennessee church provides transitional housing for young adults aging out of foster care

[Episcopal News Service] For many years, the duplex space in the Project Canterbury building at Christ Church Episcopal in downtown Chattanooga, Diocese of East Tennessee, was vaca...

Episcopal Church Drops Below 1.5 Million Members

By Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism. New data released this week by the Episcopal Church shows both a modest decline in attendance and a large loss in membership alongside leading i...

Small Anglican group appoints ‘Canon Missioner to the Earth’

One of the smaller breakaways of a breakaway group within the Anglican tradition has set apart three new clergy and appointed one a “Canon Missioner to the Earth.” The Episcopal Fr...

Friday's Catch: 'Parochial Report: Church Membership Down, ASA Stable' And More

Parochial Report: Church Membership Down, ASA Stable The 2025 iteration of the Parochial Report, which paints a picture of church life in numbers, reveals that the Episcopal Church...

Episcopal Church Drops Below 1.5 Million Members

Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism New data released this week by the Episcopal Church shows both a modest decline in attendance and a large loss in membership alongside leading indi...

National Council of Churches adopts 4 statements on range of pressing issues

[National Council of Churches] The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) Governing Board convened for the 2026 Christian Unity Gathering, held in Philadelphia...

Episcopal City Mission distributes $2.75 million in reparations to Massachusetts organizations supporting justice

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal City Mission, a Boston nonprofit affiliated with the Diocese of Massachusetts, distributed $2.75 million in reparations to 25 Massachusetts-based...

Episcopal medical equipment ministries help ease the burden of illness, mobility issues

[Episcopal News Service] A planned joint replacement, a traumatic accident, a terminal diagnosis or the challenges of an aging body can be life-changing, as well as costly. The cos...

Growing number of ‘Lutherpalian’ churches blend two traditions in unified congregations

[Episcopal News Service – Stevens Point, Wisconsin] Barb Bowers and Sue Sachs are both longtime residents of this college town in the center of the state. And both are active in th...

Wednesday's Catch: 'How First Baptist Church Fernandina Beach Is Growing Through Conversation' And More

How First Baptist Church Fernandina Beach Is Growing Through Conversation The growth of First Baptist Church in Fernandina Beach, Florida, isn’t the result of a slick campaign or a...

Full & Equal gathering celebrates 50 years toward full inclusion, looks to future work

[Episcopal News Service – Minneapolis, Minnesota] A gathering to mark the half-century since General Convention declared that “homosexual persons are children of God who have a ful...

Episcopal churches bless animals on St. Francis of Assisi’s feast day

[Episcopal News Service] Oct. 4 was the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and ecology, and Episcopal congregations nationwide celebrated by welcoming “all...

Executive Council authorizes sale negotiations with potential buyer of church’s NYC headquarters

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church has found a prospective buyer for its 12-story office building in New York, New York, and is finalizing a tentative plan to move out o...

Episcopal employee insurance rates rising as much as 14% in 2027, further straining church budgets

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal dioceses and congregations are getting a first look at the 2027 health insurance landscape, and it will be expensive. The Episcopal Church Medica...

Full & Equal attendees came to Minneapolis for reasons personal and historical

[Episcopal News Service – Minneapolis, Minnesota] Participants in the Full & Equal: 50 Years in Pursuit of a Promise gathering attended to learn, reunite with others,  celebrat...

Pennsylvania diocese plans to build affordable clergy housing on underused sites

[Episcopal News Service] Clergy need housing, but housing is expensive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One thing the Diocese of Pennsylvania, which spans the five-county metro regio...

Lexington’s ‘pop-up’ festivals connect students, teachers, churches, community agencies

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Lexington, with backing from The Episcopal Church’s United Thank Offering, is strengthening a partnership between families, schools, churche...

Wednesday's Catch: 'The Tightrope of Leading Growth: Why People Will Attack You' And More

The Tightrope of Leading Growth: Why People Will Attack You Andrew Hopper saw his church plant grow to 1000 in two years, and almost nobody understood how hard that actually was. E...

East Tennessee bishop joins Southern faith leaders in supporting immigrants facing deportation

[Episcopal News Service] East Tennessee Bishop Brian Cole and ecumenical faith leaders from across the South gathered Sept. 30 for an event in Knoxville to express their support fo...

Former Long Island church to be sold for $11.8 million as two congregations merge

[Episcopal News Service] Two Episcopal congregations in the Diocese of Long Island began worshipping together this month through a merger that expects to benefit financially from t...

A. Gary Shilling, Episcopal Church’s behind-the-scenes preaching influencer, retires after 4 decades

[Episcopal News Service] A. Gary Shilling, who has influenced preaching in The Episcopal Church for nearly 40 years, announced Sept. 21 that he is retiring as head of the Episcopal...

Michigan church hosts interfaith rally supporting Muslim neighbors as hate groups target Dearborn

[Episcopal News Service] Interfaith leaders gathered this week inside an Episcopal church in Dearborn, Michigan, in a show of solidarity after recent incidents of anti-Muslim hatre...

Episcopal Church 2025 Parochial Report shows attendance stabilizing, new data on congregational life