Convention accepts $134 million three-year spending plan

[Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] After rejecting all three amendments put to them, deputies on July 12 accepted the proposed 2019-2021 budget and sent it to the House of Bishops for their consideration. The bishops acted minutes later, approving the budget in...

Canon Hunn Apologizes for Hymn Choice

The Rev. Canon Michael Buerkel Hunn, chairman of the 79th General Convention’s Worship Committee, has apologized for language in a hymn, God of the galaxies (Sound the Bamboo, Christian Conference of Asia Hymnal, 2000), used during the Eucharist for the Care of...

July 12 dispatches from 79th General Convention in Austin

[Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Much happens each day during General Convention. To complement Episcopal News Service’s primary coverage, we have collected some additional news items from July 12. ‘Everything is going okay’ despite record number of...

An Apology: Acknowledging the Pain Liturgical Language Can Inflict

The Rev. Canon Michael Buerkel Hunn, chair of the 79th General Convention Worship Committee, offers this apology in recognition of the pain our liturgical language may at times inflict. In reference to the Christian Conference of Asia hymn “God of the Galaxies,”...

L’évêque primat Michael Curry prêche au Hutto Detention Center

Voici le texte du message délivré par l’évêque primat Michael Curry lors de la Prière de vision, témoignage et justice, à proximité du centre de détention T. Don Hutto de Taylor (Texas) le 8 juillet 2018. Vous trouverez l’enregistrement vidéo...

Rekindling Faith

Grants of £27 million by the Church of England aim to create 100 new churches in coastal areas, market towns, and outer unban housing estates. “The Church is always called to reach out, meet God’s people and share with them the life changing faith of Jesus Christ,”...

Deputies Adopt Church Budget

By Matthew Townsend The House of Deputies has adopted a $133.8 million budget for the Episcopal Church’s 2019-21 triennium with little opposition and only a few hiccups along the way. The budget, presented by the Joint Standing Committee on Program, Budget and...

Bishops voice support for Gwich’in people in Alaska

[Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Three days ago, Native Alaskan Bernadette Demientieff appeared at joint session of the 79th General Convention and spoke about the destruction of the Gwich’in way of life, now threatened by drilling in the Arctic National...