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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] Resolution D013, “Affirm the Imperative of a Palestinian State,” has become an act of General Convention. Both houses passed the resolution June 28, finishing the slate of resolutions related to the Holy Land. The resolution affirms the need for an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside the state of…

The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe was elected The Episcopal Church’s 28th presiding bishop on June 26, 2024, during the 81st General Convention held in Louisville, Kentucky. Photo: Office of Public Affairs [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe and the installation planning and transition committees announced June 28 that Rowe’s installation service…

South Dakota Deputy Deanna Stands (right) leads the House of Deputies in reciting the Prayer of the Innocents, which is part of resolution C032, after deputies joined bishops in adopting it. Supporting Stands are Navajoland Area Mission deputies the Rev. Michael Sells and the Rev. Cathleen Plummer. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky]…

The deputation from the dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan gather on the platform in front of the House of Deputies on June 28 after the deputies’ vote authorizing the dioceses’ juncture as the new Diocese of the Great Lakes. Photo: Scott Gunn [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] A nearly five-year journey of…

International visitors and Episcopal Church staff pause during a tour of General Convention. From left: the Rev. Canon C.K. “Chuck” Robertson, canon to the presiding bishop for Ministry Beyond The Episcopal Church; the Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, archbishop of Cape Town; the Rev. Daniel Karanja, Africa Partnership officer for The Episcopal Church; the Rt. Rev….

Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe preached during the final worship service at the 81st General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. June 28, 2024. Photo: Andrew Morehead [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] In his first sermon as presiding bishop-elect, the Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe said The Episcopal Church needs to be ready to tolerate uncertainty, make sacrifices…

[Episcopal News Service — Louisville, Kentucky] The 81st General Convention concludes June 28 with final debates and votes in the House of Deputies and House of Bishops on resolutions covering a range of topics, including diocesan mergers, Middle East peace, prayer book revision and the potential sites of the 83rd General Convention in 2030. Legislative…

Members of the Youth Working to End Gun Violence spoke at Bishops United Against Gun Violence’s General Convention Witness Against Gun Violence rally at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, during the 81st General Convention. June 27, 2024: Photo: Janet Kawamoto [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] After three students were killed and five…

[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The House of Deputies repudiated the pro-slavery theology of one of its Civil War-era presidents on June 27 at the request of the host Bishop Terry White and deputation from the Diocese of Kentucky, where the deputies’ former president was as a priest. The Rev. James Craik served in…

Official Youth Gathering delegates pose with Myra Garnes, the church’s officer for Youth Ministry, and other chaperones on the General Convention Revival stage in the KFC Yum! Center, June 22. Photo: @episcoyouth [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The 18 high-school-aged teenagers making up the Official Youth Presence of the 81st General Convention have brought…