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[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church has many members. In most years, it can provide a specific count of its baptized members – 1.5 million in 2023 — based on data compiled from its congregations’ parochial reports. Not for 2024. When the church released its latest trove of parochial report data on Oct. 24, the…

In advance of the 30th United Nations climate conference, COP30, The Episcopal Church hosted an Oct. 27 webinar on “Climate Action and COP30,” where Episcopalians talked about climate mitigation projects and why creation care is important for everyone. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] Ten years after nearly 200 countries signed the Paris Agreement promising to…

[Anglican Commuion News Service] The Anglican Church of Mexico (La Iglesia Anglicana de México) and the Anglican Church of the Central American Region (Iglesia Anglicana de la Region Central de America) have hosted the first-ever Spanish-speaking regional conference of the Anglican Communion Safe Church Commission. The meeting, held in Mexico City and hosted locally by Mexico…

[Episcopal News Service] The Very Rev. Shay Craig, dean of Christ Cathedral in Salina, Kansas, was elected bishop of the Fargo-based Diocese of North Dakota Oct. 25 on the first ballot. The Very Rev. Shay Craig was elected bishop of the Diocese of North Dakota on Oct. 25, 2025. Photo: Diocese of North Dakota Craig,…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The installation of London Bishop Sarah Mullally as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury will take place at Canterbury Cathedral on March 25, 2026, the Feast of the Annunciation. Historically known as an enthronement, the installation marks the symbolic start of the archbishop of Canterbury’s public ministry in the Church of England…

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Gary, Indiana. Photo: Indiana Historical Bureau/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Gary is Northern Indiana’s only historically Black Episcopal church. Since its founding as a colored mission nearly 100 years ago, the congregation, mirroring the city, has experienced growth and decline. “When I was a child, midnight…

[Episcopal News Service] Sandra Teresa Soledad Montes Vela, a lay Executive Council member from the Diocese of Texas, announced on Facebook that she has resigned from The Episcopal Church’s interim governing body, saying it would be unprincipled for her to remain a member. “In prayer and heartbreak, with conviction and peace, I have resigned from…

[Compass Rose Society] As the Annual General Meeting of the Anglican Communion Compass Rose Society concludes, one guest was quite notable: The Rt. Rev. Sarah Mullally, the new archbishop of Canterbury-designate. Bishop Daniel Gutiérrez, president of the Compass Rose Society and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, invited Mullally to address the society in its two-day conference….

Bishops attend the opening Eucharist of the Lambeth Conference in July 2022 at Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England. Photo: Richard Washbrooke for The Lambeth Conference. [Episcopal News Service] The GAFCON statement’s potential impact was evident as soon as it landed Oct. 16. It immediately provoked intense reactions in Anglican circles around the world. The conservative…

[Episcopal News Service] Seven Episcopal dioceses have requested and received assessment waivers, meaning they will not be required to pay the full 15% of diocesan revenue to support the churchwide budget in 2026. Those waivers were approved by Executive Council at its Oct. 20-21 meeting at Kanuga, the Episcopal conference center and camp in the…