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Missouri church’s GoFundMe seeks to sustain food pantry as more people go hungry

Shireen Korkzan · September 17, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] For more than 50 years, St. Stephen’s & The Vine Episcopal Church in Ferguson, Missouri, has operated a food pantry to help feed its community. As living expenses and the city’s poverty r...

East Tennessee clergy cosign interfaith letter calling for end to county jail’s ICE enforcement agreement

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Shireen Korkzan · September 16, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] East Tennessee Bishop Brian Cole and eight other Episcopal clergy in the Knoxville-based diocese signed a letter along with more than 100 interfaith leaders representing Christian, Jewish and...

All Saints Pasadena unveils plaque acknowledging its history of racial segregation

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lwilson · September 15, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] All Saints Church Pasadena in California publicly confronted a painful chapter in its history Sept. 14, with the unveiling of a permanent plaque acknowledging and lamenting the parish’s parti...

Renta Nishihara installed as primate of the Anglican Church in Japan

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Shireen Korkzan · September 15, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Most Rev. Renta Nishihara was installed as the 21st primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (Anglican Church in Japan) on Sept. 2, succeeding the Most. Rev. David Eisho Uehara. Nishihara...

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

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Shireen Korkzan · September 15, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[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 organizations that are dedicated to ...

More Church of England parishes moving away from oil and gas amid rising energy prices

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Shireen Korkzan · September 14, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Church of England] An increasing number of Church of England parishes, some of them in the most rural areas of the country, are moving away from oil and gas and improving their energy efficiency as they brace for ris...

Archbishop of Canterbury honored 27 individuals with Lambeth Awards

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Shireen Korkzan · September 14, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally presented her first Lambeth Awards on Sept. 11 at Lambeth Palace Chapel to 27 people for their contributions to the Anglican Communion, the Chu...

Manasseh Gahima elected primate of the Anglican Church of Rwanda

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Shireen Korkzan · September 14, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rt. Rev. Manasseh Gahima was elected primate of the Anglican Church of Rwanda and bishop of the Diocese of Gasabo on Sept. 11. Gahima, whose installation is scheduled for Oct. 25,...

Virtual Morning Prayer builds unlikely friendships, community in the Diocese of New York

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lwilson · September 14, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Every weekday at 8 a.m., over a hundred Episcopalians in the Diocese of New York log on to Zoom for Morning Prayer. From those on bus commutes to those sitting in living rooms, Bishop Matthew...

Diocese of Florida elects new bishop as it continues to move beyond past divisions

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David Paulsen · September 11, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Florida on Sept. 11 elected the Rev. J. Randolph Alexander Jr. as its next bishop, marking a potential turning point in the diocese’s prolonged and tension-filled leadership tr...

Church launches revised curriculum for Sacred Ground circles engaging with legacy of racism

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David Paulsen · September 10, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Sacred Ground, one of The Episcopal Church’s most popular racial reconciliation initiatives in recent years, just got a significant refresh. The 11-session, video-based curriculum for small g...

ACNA bishop faces discipline for joining Episcopal bishop at South Carolina chapel dedication

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David Paulsen · September 10, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] A bishop in the Anglican Church in North America, or ACNA, has submitted himself to potential disciplinary action after facing criticism from within his denomination for appearing last month ...

Episcopal services of remembrance planned as US marks 25 years since 9/11 attacks

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David Paulsen · September 09, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] It has been 25 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and Episcopal congregations in New York, Washington, D.C., and beyond are hosting commemorations this week as part of the nationwide tri...

Tennessee diocese announces slate for 12th bishop

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lwilson · September 09, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of Tennessee] The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Tennessee on Sept. 8 announced the slate of nominees for the diocese’s 12th bishop. They are: The Rev. Colin Ambrose, vice rector, St. George’s, Nashvill...

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

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lwilson · September 08, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

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

Germany’s Christian churches jointly send a message of confidence

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lwilson · September 08, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Council of Christian Churches in Germany] Following the outcome of the state parliament elections in the State of Saxony-Anhalt, Bishop Kirsten Fehrs, chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Bishop...

Vermont archdeacon, priest arrested during protest at ICE facility

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David Paulsen · September 08, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Two Vermont Episcopalians were among seven clergy members arrested Sept. 4 during a protest at a Department of Homeland Security building in Williston used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enf...

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

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lwilson · September 08, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[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 full and equal claim with all other per...

Texas church to host Latin American-themed service as a celebration and ‘joyful protest’

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Shireen Korkzan · September 04, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Trinity Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, will host a “Celebrate the Feast” bilingual Latin American Signature Music Mass on Sept. 6. Texas Assistant Bishop Héctor Monterroso will preach. T...

Eastern Oregon diocese backs Indigenous group preserving culture with canoe carving project

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David Paulsen · September 04, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] This is no ordinary canoe. The boat, formerly a large cottonwood tree, is known as a “dugout,” and over the past year its carving has been the project of the Indigenous cultural organization ...

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