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Becky Hope while attending a retreat for digital congregants of Good Shepherd in New York City. Hope also attends Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in person in Portland, Oregon. Photo: Alex Scott/RNS [Religion News Service] After Becky Hope left the evangelical church she had been attending in Portland, Oregon, four years ago, she began watching online services…
Members of Anglican Communion Science Commission meet for joint action planning
[Anglican Communion News Service] A scientist who played a major role in the Human Genome Project and other guests from the international science community joined members of the Anglican Communion Science Commission as they met for a consultation event Oct. 29-31. The event took place at Virginia Theological Seminary and welcomed representatives from 25 provinces of…
Proposals take aim at church health plan inequities that left those in Navajoland uninsured
[Episcopal News Service] The denominational health insurance plans that cover Episcopal clergy and lay employees have a number of structural inequities built into their costs, an unintended consequences of the wide range of benefit options, the age of enrollees and state and regional differences in health care costs that have been found to be particularly…
Malagasy Episcopal Church calls for peace in Madagascar
[Anglican Communion News Service] The president of the Malagasy Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. Samoela Jaona Ranarivelo, has shared a statement calling for peace and stability in Madagascar following violence and killings around Gen-Z protests. The church is in the Province of the Indian Ocean. Issued on Sept. 29, the statement expresses “deepest sympathy to those…
Nestor Poltic installed as prime bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines
[Episcopal News Service] The Most Rev. Nestor Dagas Poltic Sr. was installed March 12 as the eighth prime bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John in Quezon City, succeeding retired Prime Bishop Brent Harry Alawas. The Most Rev. Nestor Dagas Poltic Sr. was installed March…
