Monday, July 11, 2022

Bishops: ‘Political, From a Faithful Point of View’

The House of Bishops rejected a resolution that “denounced many crisis pregnancy centers” on General Convention’s third day, responding partly to discussions on the floor about the danger of poorly nuanced statements about hot-button issues in a deeply divided nation. Read on

Indigenous Priest Elected Vice President of Deputies

The House of Deputies elected the Rev. Rachel Taber-Hamilton of the Diocese of Olympia on July 10 to serve as vice president for the shortened triennium, or biennium, that runs through the 2024 General Convention. Read on

It’s ‘Bishop Suffragan,’ Not ‘Suffragan Bishop’

It’s all too easy for an outsider with no skin in the game to make snarky comments about the sausage-making inherent in any large legislative process. Ridicule is the lowest form of commentary.  Read on

Bishop Sutton on Repairing the Breach

Bishop Eugene Taylor Sutton of the Diocese of Maryland charged the church Sunday morning to take “great strides to tear down all walls of inequity and injustice and start building bridges across the divides in our communities, in our churches, in our dioceses, and across the Episcopal Church.” Read on

Who’s There and Who’s Where

Here are some interesting statistics and details about the 80th General Convention. Read on