Four nominees in Europe

The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe has announced four nominees in its search for the next bishop in charge: The Rev. Canon Paul-Gordon Chandler, president and CEO of CARAVAN, an international ministry of building peace through the arts, based in...

Speaking of the Dead

6 Pentecost, July 1 2 Sam. 1:1, 17-27 or Wis. 1; 13-15, 2:23-24 Ps. 130 or Lam. 3:21-33 or Ps. 30 2 Cor. 8:7-15 • Mark 5:21-43 A competent preacher who has won the trust and affection of a parish community through an ever-changing variety of pastoral contacts and...

ACNA Archbishop Named GAFCON Chairman

The Most. Rev. Foley Beach, archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), has been named chairman of the GAFCON Primates’ Council, according to the organization’s Twitter feed. Beach was elected archbishop of the ACNA in 2014. In 2010 he was consecrated...

‘The Gospel of God Creates the Church of God’

This year’s Global Anglican Future Conference has issued a communiqué under the title “Letter to the Churches.” The document, approved during a plenary session by the nearly 2,000 delegates to the gathering says in part: The uniqueness of Jesus Christ lies at the...

Convention Details for All Platforms

Eventmobi’s app for General Convention (event code 79gc) is available for Android and iOS devices. The guide may also be opened as a website. The event app is compatible with cell phones, tablets, and other devices. It offers: Doing Austin Right visitor guide Maps...

Detention Protest Set for July 8

Adapted from the House of Deputies’ website General Convention deputies and bishops have planned a prayer service outside the T. Don Hutto Residential Detention Center in Taylor, Texas, at about noon on July 8. The planning team, led by the Rev. Megan Castellan, an...

New: 7/1 TLC Online

The July 1 edition of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. This edition includes Kirk Petersen’s survey of the charms awaiting bishops and deputies in Austin: The travel site Expedia.com ranks Austin as the coolest city in the country,...

Bp. Richard Millard (1914-2018)

The Rt. Rev. Richard Millard, former Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of California, died June 15. He was 103. He served as a bishop in the Diocese of California, the Diocese of El Camino Real, and the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe. The Rt. Rev. Marc...

Bp. LeMarquand Teaches Again

The Rt. Rev. Grant LeMarquand, former Anglican Bishop of the Horn of Africa within the Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, will return to Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge in July. He will fill in for Wesley Hill, associate professor of...

World Refugee Day Video

[vimeo 274942511 w=750 h=422] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has recorded a brief video message on behalf of Episcopal Migration Ministries for World Refugee Day. Bishop Curry says: Our work with and for refugees began when we began to follow Jesus, to follow his way...