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The 2024 Global Episcopal Mission Network conference centered on the theme “Joining God’s Mission in Tension Times,” and highlighted efforts to engage in mission companionships in places of civil unrest, violence, war and persecution including stories from South Sudan, Haiti, Pakistan, Mozambique, Iraq and Jerusalem. About 70 people participated in the March 20-22 virtual conference….

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches has published online new materials related to the 2024 Easter initiative, “Out of the darkness – Easter solidarity with the Holy Land.” The Easter initiative is an annual activity of the WCC Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel. The materials — which include feature stories and…

[Anglican Communion News Service] An Anglican delegation of liturgists and theologians has taken part in an ecumenical seminar in Assisi, Italy. It was hosted by the Laudato Si Research Institute and sponsored by the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Communion of Reformed Churches, the World Council of Churches and other partners on March…

A crowd marches to Sacred Heart Church for the March and Vigil for Human Dignity in El Paso, Texas, March 21, 2024. Photo: Justin Hamel/REUTERS [Episcopal News Service] Some 15 Episcopalians joined Rio Grande Bishop Michael Hunn and the Rev. Lee Curtis, the diocese’s canon to the ordinary, in a march and vigil on March…

[The Church of England] The Church of England has awarded more than $10 million for projects to help churches spread the Christian faith, including parish renewal programs, as well as children’s and youth work in rural and urban areas. Grants have been approved for mission from the north of England to the Kent coast, much…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Most Rev. Hosam Naoum, has spoken with bishops of the Anglican Communion about the humanitarian crisis in the Holy Land. The update took place online March 18 in a new series of online meetings of bishops run by…

These young adults were 2021-2022 participants in the Jubilee Year program in Los Angeles, one of eight programs of the Episcopal Service Corps in which participants spend a year living in community and working for justice through community building, local collaboration, prayer and action. Photo: ESC website [Episcopal News Service] For more than 40 years,…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of New Jersey has embarked on a thorough evaluation of its finances, accounting protocols and record-keeping after Bishop Sally French recently revealed a “complex” situation that has “made our diocese vulnerable and must be addressed promptly.” French, who was consecrated as bishop in June 2023, shared a broad range of…

[World Council of Churches] A panel discussion, “Zacchaeus Tax: Transforming the Global Economic System and Advancing Gender Justice,” on March 19 explored the intersections between tax justice and gender justice and why this is a matter of faith. The event was held parallel to the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women….

Since Hurricane Mitch devastated Honduras in 1998, Diocese of West Texas-affiliated Texas Water Mission has been helping Hondurans access safe drinking water by funding well drilling projects and providing classes on health, sanitation and water hygiene. Photo: Linda Stone [Episcopal News Service] Honduras Bishop Lloyd Allen was a dean and a priest in Tegucigalpa, the…