A US Episcopal seminary found a solution to its fiscal woes. Then seven bishops intervened
United States RNS A plan to save a troubled historic Episcopal seminary in New York has come under fire after seven bishops registered their opposition to offering a long-term lease of the seminary to a non-profit with alleged ties to a Catholic music school funded by a conservative donor. The bishops, who lead Episcopal dioceses […]
The Episcopal Church announces four candidates for presiding bishop
United States RNS Four candidates have been selected to stand for election as the 28th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the denomination’s highest office. The nominees include Bishop J Scott Barker of the Diocese of Nebraska, Bishop Daniel GP Gutiérrez of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Bishop Sean Rowe of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania […]
Crew support: Ministers aid seafarers caught in Baltimore bridge crisis
“Everyone’s still kind of rattled and trying to figure things out,” said Rev Joshua Messick, who has Bibles ‘in every conceivable language’ to distribute upon request. ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports…
Essay: Full-time ministry drains too many clergy and church budgets. Part-time pastors can help
G JEFFREY MACDONALD says – in an article first published on Religion News Service – that the happier, healthier future of ministry is in part-time clergy…
Conversations: Carrie Sheffield’s journey to forgiveness after childhood in cultlike family
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, speaks with Sheffield about her new memoir ‘Motorhome Prophecies’, her departure from the LDS church and her decision to forgive her father…
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to receive pacemaker to treat irregular heart rhythm
United States RNS The Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, is scheduled to have a pacemaker implanted Friday to treat his atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, the denomination announced Thursday. The procedure is expected to require an overnight hospital stay. Curry, who has been keeping to a lighter, modified work schedule while dealing with recent […]
In the US, the Episcopal Church takes steps to improve protocols for bishop misconduct
RNS After months of allegations that it lacks a credible process for disciplining its bishops, the Episcopal Church is taking steps to make it simpler to report misconduct, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said in an announcement on Thursday. “Given the current atmosphere, I have chosen to exercise my canonical discretion to adopt a general protocol for […]
This Christmas, US churches are preparing for a frenzy of festivity
RNS A few hours after the Washington National Cathedral posted on Facebook on 29th November that admission to its Christmas family service and Advent concerts this year would require a $US7 ticket, the cathedral backed down in the face of the ire of its own parishioners and apologised for its decision. In a statement on […]
Responding to abuse: In the US, the Episcopal Church reckons with tangled protocol on clergy abuse and accountability
As the denomination evaluates its Title IV clergy misconduct policy, abuse survivors say the process needs to be trauma-informed. KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports…
US Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh restricted from ministry
United States RNS US Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh, provisional bishop of the dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan, is being placed on leave and will be barred from practicing any form of ministry pending the resolution of a denominational investigation into allegations that he had physically and emotionally abused his wife and sons. Since June, […]