Also: A Joyous Welcome for Navajoland, Bishops Begin Process for Adding Same-Sex Marriage Rites to BCP

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President Julia Ayala Harris, June 25, 2024 | Photo: Randall A. Gornowich/Office of Public Affairs


** Ayala Harris Handily Wins Reelection as PHoD
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By Kirk Petersen
Julia Ayala Harris of the Diocese of Oklahoma easily held off two challengers to win re-election as president of the House of Deputies, receiving 521 of 827 votes on the first ballot. Read on ([link removed]) .


** A Joyous Welcome for Navajoland
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By Kirk Petersen
Rising to their feet with applause, deputies raucously approved the request of the Navajoland Area Mission to become a missionary diocese, a move which will allow it to choose its own Diné bishop. Read on ([link removed]) .


** Bishops Begin Process for Adding Same-Sex Marriage Rites to BCP
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By Lauren Anderson-Cripps
The bishops approved Resolution A116, the first reading for including a gender-neutral marriage rite in the Book of Common Prayer, while also expressing thanks for ongoing work on Communion Across Difference. Read on ([link removed]) .


** ACNA's Attendance and Membership Rebound
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By Jeff Walton
Attendance within the Anglican Church in North America rebounded in 2023 to pre-COVID numbers, according to congregational report data released at the denomination’s annual Provincial Council meeting. Only four dioceses shrunk in attendance. Read on ([link removed]) .


** General Convention in Photos 2
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By Asher Imtiaz
A message from the Holy Land, a mosaic in creation, and deputies getting down at the Episco Disco. Have a look ([link removed]) .


** Nominating Committee Presents PB Slate
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By Neva Rae Fox
The five nominees for Presiding Bishop were formally presented to a joint session, as the nominating committee detailed their work. "We were a community that was beyond ourselves. We needed to be in discernment with the whole church," said Alaska bishop Mark Lattime. Read on ([link removed]) .

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