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‘Invite everyone to more’: A conversation with Canon Stephanie Spellers

Joelle Kidd — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:37:51 +0000

Canon Stephanie Spellers is the canon to the presiding bishop for evangelism, reconciliation and creation care in the U.S.-based Episcopal Church. She was appointed in 2015 by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, who has called himself the “chief evangelism officer” of the Episcopal Church. Since 2017, the church has been running evangelism initiatives and revivals at […]

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Closer to Jesus of Nazareth: Q&A with Bishop Michael Curry

Joelle Kidd — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:00:18 +0000

Bishop Michael Curry is the 27th and current presiding bishop of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church. Curry garnered international attention in 2018, when he preached at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. His animated sermon even inspired an homage by Kenan Thompson on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.” The bishop sat down for an […]

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General Synod expands full communion recognition

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:00:34 +0000

General Synod passed a resolution July 15 to recognize full communion among the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC), the U.S.-based Episcopal Church (TEC), the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Dean Peter Wall, co-chair of the Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission, introduced the resolution by reading excerpts from […]

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Christians around the world gather in prayer on final weekend of Thy Kingdom Come

Anglican Communion News Service — Wed, 23 May 2018 14:53:56 +0000

The third annual ecumenical global wave of prayer for evangelism, Thy Kingdom Come, has come to an end with thousands of Christians around the world gathering for prayer and worship in “beacon” events. Thy Kingdom Come began with a simple invitation to prayer from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York to the clergy of the […]

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Bishop Michael Curry to preach at royal wedding

Anglican Communion News Service — Fri, 18 May 2018 19:33:18 +0000

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church, will preach at the May 19 wedding of Prince Henry of Wales—more informally referred to as Prince Harry—and U.S. actress Meghan Markle, Kensington Palace recently announced.

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‘Living stones’ of Al Ahli Arab Hospital build a ministry of healing, witness in Gaza

Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:50:53 +0000

Healing comes in many forms, and Al Ahli Arab Hospital’s medical ministry combines every day with Christian witness to provide the people of the Gaza Strip with an example of the love of Christ in action. That example is set in an area whose Christian population is dwindling. Suhaila Tarazi, the hospital’s director general, estimates […]

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Episcopal Church challenged to repent for when it failed to protect victims of sexual exploitation, abuse

Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:47:01 +0000

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, issued a call Jan. 22 for the Episcopal Church to spend Lent and beyond examining its history and its handling or mishandling of cases of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. The two say in a letter to the church that recent […]

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Murdered at prayer: U.S. bishops call church to pray and politicians to act

Anglican Communion News Service — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 19:36:55 +0000

The campaign group United Against Gun Violence, which brings together more than 70 bishops from the U.S.-based Episcopal Church, has challenged the country’s leaders to act following the November 5 shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which resulted in the deaths of 26 people.

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Primates conclude Canterbury meeting ‘renewed in their ministry’

Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 16:20:35 +0000

A positive spirit has swept through the precincts of Canterbury Cathedral this week as primates from most of the Anglican Communion’s 39 provinces gathered to address issues of common interest, with many saying they feel renewed in their ministry. Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, attending his second Primates Meeting, spoke about his sense of the meeting […]

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Archbishop Welby ‘taken aback’ by Las Vegas prayer criticism

Anglican Communion News Service — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:57:31 +0000

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said that he was “taken aback” by criticism of the decision to ask the Presiding Bishop of the US-based Episcopal Church to pray for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. Curry prayed for the victims at the start of Evensong in Canterbury Cathedral, England, Monday, October 2, on […]

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