La Convención acepta un plan trienal de gastos de $134 millones

[Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Después de rechazar tres enmiendas que les presentaron, los diputados aceptaron, el 12 de julio, el presupuesto 2019-2021 y lo remitieron a la Cámara de Obispos para su consideración. Los obispos actuaron minutos después,...

Sandra Montes emociona a la Convención General con su testimonio y su voz

Sandra Montes canta durante el culto de avivamiento en Austin el 7 de julio. Foto cortesía de Thompson/Diócesis de Alta Carolina del Sur. [Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Durante la 79ª. Convención General, Sandra Montes ha sido una de las voces más destacadas...

Leadership impairment resolutions pass, take effect Jan. 1, 2019

[Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] The 79thGeneral Convention passed three resolutions brought to convention the Commission on Impairment and Leadership,  which refers to intervention, evaluation and possible re-entry or action needed related to various...

General Convention unites behind immigrants, in prayer, action, legislation

“We do not come in hatred, we do not come in bigotry, we do not come to put anybody down, we come to lift everybody up. We come in love,” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry told a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered in prayer at the T. Don Hutto Detention Center in Taylor,...

Bishops approve resolutions on ethical investing

[Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] The House of Bishops on July 12 approved a resolution to develop and implement a “shareholder engagement plan” to guide dioceses, churches and individual Episcopalians investing in gun manufacturers and retailers to change...

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...

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...