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Members of All Saints, Hadley, Massachusetts, created a pollinator garden after taking part in the initial pilot project of An Episcopal Path to Creation Justice. Photo: Rachel Field [Episcopal News Service] A congregation that wants to be engaged in creation care has many things it can do – pollinator gardens, solar panels, energy audits, legislative…

The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina’s three historically Black churches in Charleston gathered to worship together for the first time ever on Nov. 10, 2024, for a service of lament and repentance over The Episcopal Church’s complicity in the transatlantic slave trade. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Shaffer [Episcopal News Service] The three historically Black Episcopal…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches Commission on Young People in the Ecumenical Movement has convened in Manila, Philippines, marking the start of its first in-person meeting since its formation. The Nov. 13-19 gathering intends to unite young ecumenical leaders from around the globe in the mission to amplify youth voices, address…

The former Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Green Bay, Wisconsin, will become the new home of Amanda’s House, where women in recovery and their families can find safe haven and support. Photo: Diocese of Wisconsin [Diocese of Wisconsin] The Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin, in a demonstration of faith, community and transformation,  has given a former…

[World Council of Churches] At COP29, religious leaders are emphasizing the need to care for the creation that God made, and to safeguard the most vulnerable who have contributed the least to climate change—yet face its worst impacts. “God calls us to take good care of the divine gifts of land, water, and other resources,”…

[Religion News Service] Trauma-informed care is a growing movement across the world, and in the past decade, spiritual directors have increasingly used its methods to deal with clients who suffer from religious trauma and spiritual abuse. Seminaries are now including trauma-informed care as part of their clinical pastoral education programs, and religious leaders in more progressive denominations say…

[World Council of Churches] The World Evangelical Alliance, in collaboration with the World Council of Churches, Christian Solidarity International and a coalition of global organizations, has issued a joint statement urging international attention on Azerbaijan’s actions in Nagorno-Karabakh as COP29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan. The statement expresses concern over Azerbaijan’s use of COP29 as a…

[Anglican Journal — Church of Canada] The church should stop to consider how the work done by General Synod or the ecclesiastical provinces would be replaced before it responds to a suggestion by a primatial commission to eliminate one of those levels of governance, Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, told…

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Matthew Marino, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Augustine, Florida, described the Oct. 23 stabbing that left him badly injured in a video interview with Jacksonville-based First Coast News. Marino recounted how he and a friend were seated outside Coffee House Realty Café, waiting for it to open, when a…

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Nov. 12 he will resign after an investigative report found he did not do enough to respond to allegations of child sex abuse by a British lawyer at a Christian youth camp. Photo: Neil Turner/For the Lambeth Conference [Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will resign under…