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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The Episcopal Church experienced a pandemic-shortened General Convention in 2022, and this week, it is wrapping up a post-pandemic 81st General Convention that, at six legislative days, is still shorter than the historical norm. On June 27, the House of Deputies began laying the foundation for what General Convention…

[Episcopal News Service — Louisville, Kentucky] The 81st General Convention continues to meet at the Kentucky International Convention Center. You can find full, regularly updated ENS coverage here. The ENS primer, or everything you need to follow the 81st General Convention, is here. A lot can happen on any given day at General Convention. News that doesn’t make it into a…

The Rev. Steve Pankey of the Diocese of Kentucky addresses the House of Deputies after his June 27 election as vice president of the house. Photo: Scott Gunn [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The Rev. Steve Pankey, a deputy from the Diocese of Kentucky, on June 27 was elected vice president of the House…

[Episcopal News Service] The Book of Common Prayer has a new constitutional definition: “Those liturgical forms and other texts authorized by the General Convention in accordance with this article and the Canons of this Church.” The House of Deputies adopted that language in an evening session June 26 as part of Resolution A072, which was…

[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The House of Deputies passed three resolutions concerning violence in Israel and Palestine in their legislative session June 26. Two of them, D007  and D056, went on to become official acts of convention while the third, D013, will be sent back to the House of Bishops.  Bishops passed D013…

The Episcopal Church’s Office of Indigenous Ministries hosted a June 25, 2024 panel discussion on Indigenous boarding schools and the church’s historic role in operating at least 34 of them of throughout the United States. Boarding school survivors Pearl Chanar, an Athabaskan tribal member and co-chair of General Convention’s Indigenous boarding schools research commission, right,…

[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The House of Bishops and the House of Deputies have elected 10 new members to serve on Executive Council, the church’s governing body between meetings of General Convention. These members all will serve a six-year term. Ten other members were elected by General Convention at the 80th General Convention…

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. John Floberg, a priest in the Diocese of North Dakota, has declared his candidacy for House of Deputies vice president, joining three other declared candidates in the election scheduled for June 27. The election follows the reelection June 25 of House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris. Because a lay…

Bishop Sean Rowe was elected and confirmed June 26 as the 28th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church. [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, bishop of Northwest Pennsylvania and bishop provisional of Western New York, was elected June 26 by the House of Bishops to serve as the 28th presiding…

[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The deputies’ and bishops’ legislative committees on Accessibility & Inclusion heard testimony June 26 on two resolutions: D080, which would create a Committee on Disability and Deaf Inclusion; and D081, to expand the childcare provided during General Convention. D080 follows recommendations made by the Task Force on Disability & Deaf…