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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry speaks during ReviveATL in Atlanta, Georgia, on Jan. 22, 2020. Photo: Diocese of Atlanta [Episcopal News Service] Planners of a revival taking place on June 22 in Louisville, Kentucky, say it will be a time of prayer, worship and music, as well as the chance for The Episcopal Church to say…

[Episcopal News Service] The House of Deputies presidential election is now a three-way race, after Zena Link, an educator and union organizer who previously served on Executive Council, announced May 19 that she will be a candidate for the house’s presiding officer. “After five years of discernment and over 20 years of preparation, I am…

[Diocese of Massachusetts] The people of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts elected the Rev. Julia E. Whitworth to succeed the Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates as the 17th bishop of the diocese during a special electing convention held May 18 at Trinity Church in Boston. Whitworth was elected on the fourth ballot, receiving 118 clergy…

The Rev. Phil N. LaBelle was elected ninth bishop of Olympia on May 18, 2024. Photo: Diocese of Olympia [Diocese of Olympia] The Episcopal Diocese of Olympia elected the Rev. Phil N. LaBelle as its next bishop during a May 18 special electing convention at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington. LaBelle currently serves…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches will convene a hybrid event on May 29 at the Ecumenical Center in Geneva to address critical interlinkages between land, water and food security through a rights-based approach. The half-day consultation will gather global experts and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to deliberate on the complexities surrounding…

[The Church of England] Average weekly attendance at Church of England services rose by almost 5% in 2023 — the third year of consecutive growth, preliminary figures show. Meanwhile weekly attendance by children was up by almost 6% last year, according to an early snapshot of the annual Statistics for Mission findings. While total attendance is still…

General Convention’s Racial Truth-Telling, Reckoning & Healing committees heard testimony on May 16, 2024, on three proposed resolutions: the hiring of a chief equity officer, continued support of the Executive Council Committee on Anti-Racism & Reconciliation and the development of a churchwide anti-racism training framework. James McKim, chair of the Committee on Anti-Racism, testified in…

[Episcopal News Service] Creation care, Indigenous ministries and racial justice and reconciliation were among the churchwide priorities emphasized May 16 in testimony on the proposed $143 million budget plan for 2025-27 that will be taken up in June at the 81st General Convention. More than a dozen people testified about the proposed churchwide budget plan…

Bishop John Harvey Taylor and new resident Maggie Nobel, with other dignitaries, cut the ribbon to officially open Santa Angelina Senior Housing Community at Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Placentia, California. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [Diocese of Los Angeles] “Welcome to the Family,” sang the children’s choir – and several hundred state, county, and local faith,…

[World Council of Churches] The KAICIID Global Dialogue Forum took place in Portugal May 14-16 under the theme “Transformative Dialogue: Building Alliances for Peace in a Rapidly Changing World.” KAICIID is an intergovernmental organization bringing religious leaders, policymakers and experts to the dialogue table to find common solutions to shared problems. In the first Global…