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[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Florida will remain without a diocesan bishop for the foreseeable future, after some Florida Episcopalians’ request for a new bishop search was tabled indefinitely at its recent diocesan convention. The Florida Standing Committee, in a statement to Episcopal News Service after the convention, said it is “continuing to lead…

Image: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay/Creative Commons [Religion News Service] As many as 100,000 church-owned buildings are expected to be sold or repurposed by 2030, according to an analysis in a new book, “Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition.” Though Sunday attendance has recovered in part from COVID-19 restrictions, a decades-long decline has continued…

[Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called for a renewed commitment to peace in a world of conflict in a speech to the International Meeting for Peace in Paris. Addressing the opening assembly of “Imagine Peace” on Sept. 22, Welby set out a Christian vision of peace and reconciliation, which…

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry spoke to more than 1,000 people gathered on Zoom Sept. 24, 2024, during a fall online launch event for Sacred Ground, a year-round, 11-part film-based antiracism curriculum for small-group discussions. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] “Sacred Ground is about freedom. It’s about the joyful liberty of the children of God,” Presiding…

[World Council of Churches] The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Jerry Pillay, met with South Korean prime minister Han Duck-soo on Sept. 24. Pillay was accompanied by the Rev. Kenneth Mtata, WCC program director for Public Witness and Diakonia;  the general secretary of the National Council of Churches in Korea,…

[The Anglican Journal] An Anglican Church of Canada primate’s commission tasked with rethinking church structures is encouraging Anglicans to provide feedback on its seven intentionally provocative statements or “hypotheses” through an online survey. The commission, Reimagining the Church—Proclaiming the Gospel in the 21st Century, established by former primate Archbishop Linda Nicholls, first presented the hypotheses…

The Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Everett, Washington, and the founder of Circles of Color, makes a point during a panel discussion on truth-telling Sept. 19 during the Summit on Truth-telling, Reckoning and Reparations held at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. The Rev. Stephanie Spellers, canon to the presiding bishop for…

[Religion News Service — Nairobi, Kenya] Faith leaders and climate activists in Africa announced their support Sept. 20 for an international treaty to halt the production and use of fossil fuels, the main cause of climate change, analogous to non-proliferation treaties governing the production of nuclear weapons. “As people of faith, we have a moral duty…

[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] Executive Council’s Joint Budget Committee this week is meeting here with The Episcopal Church’s presiding officers and executive staff to consider dozens of General Convention funding requests totaling more than $5 million over three years. In June, when bishops and deputies met in Louisville, Kentucky, they approved a…

The letter describes democracy as a “moral affirmation” and urges Christians to repudiate “anti-democratic sentiment” — namely, ideologies such as Christian nationalism and racism. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Religion News Service] A diverse group of influential Christian leaders is calling on their fellow faithful to protect democracy, arguing that American Christians are compelled to…