22 Apr 2026
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California’s oldest congregation supports Episcopal energy independence goals with solar array
California’s oldest Episcopal congregation, founded in 1849, just became one of the newest churches to go green, with a 20-kilowatt solar array. Trinity St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco on April 19 commissioned the 47...
22 Apr 2026
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Rio Grande church more than doubles its congregation after expanding its mission
In Las Cruces, New Mexico, a city that’s more than 60% Latino, only a few Protestant churches offer Spanish-language worship services. When in December St. James Episcopal Church began engaging in Latino outreach, its attendance went...
15 Apr 2026
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Church panelists argue US war in Iran fails tests of both ‘just war’ and pacifist traditions
The United States launches a deadly war thousands of miles away in Iran. The “Secretary of War” frames the military attacks as aligned with “the providence of our almighty God.” The president threatens that “a whole civilization...
15 Apr 2026
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Alabama cathedral in talks to buy nearby Board of Education building for $5.5 million
The Episcopal cathedral in the Diocese of Alabama reportedly has offered $5.5 million to purchase a building across the street in response to the congregation’s growth. Cathedral Church of the Advent in downtown Birmingham plans to...
8 Apr 2026
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South Carolina Episcopal campus ministry is a source of faith, fellowship for cadets
Olivia Kassebaum isn’t a typical college sophomore. As a finance major at The Citadel Military College in Charleston, South Carolina, she must adhere to wearing an authorized uniform and hairstyle and keep her barracks clean and tidy at...
8 Apr 2026
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Easton diocese’s church becomes overnight shelter to keep unhoused people from facing jail time
An Episcopal parish in Ocean City, Maryland, is facing a potential new legal clash with city officials after it last week began allowing unhoused people to sleep inside the church. St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, which is part...
1 Apr 2026
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Diocese of Pennsylvania’s Transformation Initiative envisions new uses for 26 church properties
Here’s a number that has weighed on the minds of Episcopal leaders in the Diocese of Pennsylvania and on the budgets of some of the diocese’s 136 congregations: 2.5 million. That is how much space in square feet the diocese...
1 Apr 2026
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Judge rejects Johnson Amendment settlement, keeping ban on pastors endorsing candidates
A federal judge rejected a settlement that would have lifted an IRS ban on pastors endorsing candidates, saying the court had no authority to approve an agreement, in a surprising end to a decades-long battle. Judge J. Campbell Barker...
25 Mar 2026
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Training Episcopal priests for ministry is central topic at House of Bishops’ weeklong meeting
The House of Bishops is wrapping up a weeklong meeting at Camp Allen in the Diocese of Texas, where discussions focused on a range of issues affecting the future of The Episcopal Church, particularly theological education for aspiring...