Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Nancy Frausto, a “dreamer” and deputy from the Diocese of Los Angeles, testifies July 7 at the joint hearing on immigration resolutions. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Few issues were as primed for...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
Philip Schentrup stands with his family as he addresses the House of Bishops about gun violence. Photo: Mike Patterson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Philip and April Schentrup, Episcopalians whose daughter Carmen was one of 17...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
In the Name of God. Amen. In today’s first reading, the prophet Isaiah imagines a world in which “not even fools shall go astray.” In the next ten minutes I may provide you with ample evidence that this world is not yet with us. But I hope not. People who study the...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
The Rev. Nancy Frausto, a “dreamer” and deputy from the Diocese of Los Angeles, testifies July 7 at the joint hearing on immigration resolutions. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Few issues were as primed for...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald The House of Deputies overwhelmingly approved a comprehensive $8 million revision to the 1979 Book of Common Prayer in what some see as a first step toward adding same-sex marriage rites and feminine language for God. The vote, counted by...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
By Kirk Petersen The House of Bishops has begun a rapid recovery from the discomfort of July 6, with a presentation on the logistics and costs of translation and interpretation, and an expression of gratitude from the bishop who had compelled the house to focus on the...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
[Episcopal News Service –Austin, Texas] In the midst the process of crafting the Episcopal Church’s 2019-2021 budget, a legislative committee took testimony about the need to change that process so all Episcopalians can have greater input in decisions about how the...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
A mural on the frontage road just west of Interstate 35 at Sixth Street in Austin, Texas. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Austin, Texas] Much happens each day during General Convention. To complement Episcopal News Service’s...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
At first glance, Resolution A060 looks like the kind of resolution that wouldn’t excite much interest among even the most committed church geeks. What possible excitement could ensue from a proposal to have a task force study the church’s pension system? Plenty, as it...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
In 1910 the General Convention acted to create the Joint Commission on the Support of the Clergy to study the feasibility of a pension system, and, four years later, through other acts of Convention, the Church Pension Fund (CPF) was incorporated in the State of New...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
The Church Pension Fund (CPF) exists to support the clergy and lay employees of the Episcopal Church in their calling to spread the gospel. For more than 100 years, our relationship with General Convention has been critical to fulfilling that purpose. CPF was created...
Saturday, July 7, 2018 | General Convention
Miguel Escobar, director of Anglican studies at EDS@Union, hosts the third nightly #GC79 podcast. Guests: The Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of EDS@Union, Canon Theologian at Washington National Cathedral, a member of the House of Bishops Theological Commission...
Friday, July 6, 2018 | General Convention
Members of the House of Bishops stand with Honduras Bishop Lloyd Allen and he stood at the microphone to criticize what he said is convention’s lack of concern for participants who do not speak English. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service...
Friday, July 6, 2018 | General Convention
Members of the Diocese of Newark converse with each other July 6 during the 79th General Convention’s first TEConversation. Racial reconciliation was the topic of this joint session. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service –...
Friday, July 6, 2018 | General Convention
Western North Carolina Bishop Jose McLoughlin addresses the Episcopal Church of Cuba Committee during its July 6 afternoon session while New Jersey Bishop William “Chip” Stokes, co-chair of the committee, looks on. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service...
