8 Apr 2026 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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 0 Comment

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...
25 Mar 2026 0 Comment

Supreme Court hears case supported by Episcopal leaders challenging US asylum policies

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments March 24 over the Trump administration’s policies toward asylum-seekers in a case that includes a “friend of the court” brief signed by Episcopal leaders, including the church’s two presiding...
18 Mar 2026 0 Comment

Spokane bishop recovering from double lung transplant after years on surgery waitlist

Spokane Bishop Gretchen Rehberg had waited a long time for this moment. On March 14, she sent a message to her diocese in eastern Washington and northern Idaho saying the wait was over: She had received the call and was at the University...
18 Mar 2026 0 Comment

A special conversation with the first four female Anglican Communion primates

In the lead-up to the historic installation of Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally as the first woman to serve in the role in its more than 1,400-year history, Episcopal News Service convened a conversation with the Anglican...
11 Mar 2026 0 Comment

North Carolina church provides space for county’s naloxone vending machine

St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in downtown Durham, North Carolina, is the newest site for a county public health department vending machine that dispenses free naloxone, also known by its brand name Narcan, to help make it more available...