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Anglican Communion’s ‘Vision36’ launch event will invite churches to join a decade of church planting

lwilson · November 03, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] “Vision36″ – a bold and ambitious initiative to see one million churches planted across the Anglican Communion in the next decade – is set to launch on Nov. 11 with a service in Nairo...

‘Voting matters’: Episcopalians encouraged to vote, invited to Election Day prayer vigils

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David Paulsen · November 02, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Prayer vigils are scheduled in Episcopal churches across the U.S. on the eve of the general election and on Election Day, Nov. 3, including an online service after polls close that will be hos...

Mainline Protestants are having a political moment. Can they move from protest to power?

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lwilson · November 02, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Religion News Service] Many have puzzled over the unusual number of pastors, former pastors and seminarians running for Congress as Democrats this year, but not the Rev. Adam Hamilton. Asked in August about the trend...

Ecumenical officers strengthen global connections and explore priorities at network gathering

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Shireen Korkzan · October 30, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Officers Network gathered online Oct. 27-28 for mutual learning and collaboration. The meeting brought together representatives of member churches ...

Episcopal bishop shares how churches are working to restore and protect oceans at UN biodiversity conference

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Shireen Korkzan · October 30, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] During a reception at the United Nations’ biennial Conference of the Parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Rt. Rev. Cathleen Bascom, The Episcopal Church’s eco-region...

Five dioceses receive assessment waivers as Episcopal Church approaches full compliance

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David Paulsen · October 30, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church is approaching full compliance with payments of its diocesan assessments, which are the largest source of revenue supporting the churchwide budget. Each of the church’s 10...

Anglican Communion Science Commission gathers to strengthen links between faith, science and young leaders

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Shireen Korkzan · October 29, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] Bishops, scientists and theologians from across the Anglican Communion are at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria to develop local science and faith initiatives and to support...

Ecumenism: When uncharted territory ‘is a good place to be’

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Shireen Korkzan · October 29, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] An international symposium at Lund University in Sweden reminded participants in the ongoing World Council of Churches Commission on Faith and Order meeting of the significance of concrete ...

Churches call for prayer and action as fire and smoke spread across Indonesia

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Shireen Korkzan · October 29, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] Wildfires across Indonesia are threatening human life and nature as they burn across the Southeast Asia archipelago. The fires are rapidly approaching churches and villages and have devasta...

Executive Council approves 29 grants for new Episcopal communities seeking ‘next faithful step’

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David Paulsen · October 29, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

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Honorary canons, including two from Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, installed at Hawai‘i cathedral

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Shireen Korkzan · October 28, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Taonga] Hawai‘i Bishop Robert Fitzpatrick named nine church leaders as honorary canons of the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Honolulu, O‘ahu, during an Oct. 18 installation service marking the Feast of St. Luke....

Presiding officers announce vision for 82nd General Convention on theme of ‘Rising in Hope’

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David Paulsen · October 28, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Every morning of the six-day 82nd General Convention in July 2027 will be set aside for worship, Bible studies, and small-group discussions with bishops and deputies at the same tables. The le...

Diocese of Olympia to move $100 million investment fund into churchwide management program

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David Paulsen · October 28, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Olympia, with congregations on the Pacific Coast side of the state of Washington, announced Oct. 28 that it will transition management of its $100 million investment fund to The...

Southern Virginia to honor enslaved Africans with service of lament and repair, reinterment of remains

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Shireen Korkzan · October 27, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] As part of its yearslong effort in reckoning with its history of racism and role in upholding slavery, the Diocese of Southern Virginia has hosted a series of events throughout 2026 centered a...

Compass Rose Society gathers for 2026 general meeting

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Shireen Korkzan · October 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] Members of the Compass Rose Society met Oct. 21-22 at One Whitehall Place in London for the annual general meeting. The society has supported the Anglican Communion Office since 1994....

Four Episcopal bishops elected on same day, including in one diocese for the first time

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Shireen Korkzan · October 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Four Episcopal dioceses – Great Lakes, Kansas, New Hampshire and Tennessee – held bishop elections on Oct. 24 during their diocesan conventions. These four dioceses are among the 19 currentl...

Colin Ambrose elected 12th bishop of Diocese of Tennessee

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David Paulsen · October 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of Tennessee] The Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee elected the Rev. Colin Moore Ambrose as its 12th bishop on Oct. 24, 2026, at Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville. Ambrose was elected on the third ballot, recei...

Whitney Rice elected 11th bishop of Diocese of Kansas

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David Paulsen · October 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of Kansas] The Rev. Whitney Rice, from the Diocese of Missouri, was elected Oct. 24 as the 11th bishop to lead the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas. Rice was elected on the first round of balloting during an elect...

Diocese of the Great Lakes elects Zachary Nyein as its first bishop diocesan

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David Paulsen · October 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of the Great Lakes] The Episcopal Diocese of the Great Lakes on Oct. 24 elected the Rev. Zachary Nyein as its first bishop diocesan. Nyein currently serves as senior associate rector and pastor of Imagine Wor...

Episcopal Church of New Hampshire elects Ed Cardoza as its 11th Bishop

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David Paulsen · October 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal Church of New Hampshire] The Rev. Ed Cardoza was elected the 11th bishop of Episcopal Church of New Hampshire on Oct. 24. Cardoza will succeed retiring Bishop Robert Hirschfeld. Lay delegates and clergy ele...

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