“If your church closed tomorrow, what difference would it make to your neighborhood?” That’s the question we asked ourselves 10 years ago at St Thomas’ Church, Amenia Union, New York. At the time, St. Thomas’ was a parish of 16 members with a history as a mostly weekend congregation for many of its 150 years….
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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has focused on reconciliation—one of the three priority areas for his ministry—for his New Year’s message. The archbishop filmed the message in Coventry, where he served as cathedral canon between 2002 and 2007. It was in Coventry that Archbishop Justin developed the cathedral’s international reconciliation ministry, which grew out of…
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We all embraced the slogan: “Episcopal evangelist. It’s not an oxymoron.” Evangelism Matters, an evangelism conference sponsored by The Episcopal Church, was held November 18 and 19 in Dallas, Texas. The conference was designed for anyone who wanted to learn more about evangelism and available resources to share their faith. While some people might think…
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[Episcopal News Service] What began as a small gathering with a big dream has transformed into a commitment by millions of Christians around the world to pray for one another. First begun in 1908, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs Jan.18-25 with hundreds of celebrations and gatherings: from Houston to Boston; Waterloo, Belgium,…
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St. Paul’s Chapel has served Manhattan since the Colonial era St. Paul’s Chapel in Lower Manhattan, New York, held a special service—250 years to the day when, on Oct. 30, 1766, it opened its doors as a chapel of ease for Trinity Church, Wall Street. It was built to accommodate the growing number of Trinity…
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The endowment will support professorship and international conference NASHOTAH, WISCONSIN (November 16, 2016)—Nashotah House Theological Seminary has received a $3.5 million commitment from the Order of St. Benedict Servants of Christ as a gift to carry on the order’s legacy. The endowed fund will be used to support the St. Benedict Servants of Christ Professorship…
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Recently recognized as a historical district by the Wisconsin State Historical Society, Nashotah House is again making history by bringing the first change-ringing bells to the state of Wisconsin and only the 42nd set of these special bells in North America. A groundbreaking ceremony was held at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Nashotah…
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Friends, are you looking to empower your philanthropy? Do you want to make a single gift this year, take your tax deduction, and then make as many grants as you wish in the future based on your timing? ECF is pleased to announce that our new Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) is now available! DAFs are one…
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is issuing an international call to prayer for evangelism leading up to Pentecost Sunday in 2017. The worldwide roll-out of the Thy Kingdom Come prayer initiative follows the success of a similar scheme this year, when churches in the United Kingdom and around the world joined in what had…
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The seldom-told story of Anglicans and refugees in Ethiopia The world has focused on refugees arriving in the European Union from the Middle East, but there is a story seldom told about refugees in Ethiopia and how God is moving through them. Missionary couple Bishop Grant and Dr. Wendy LeMarquand visited the Church Mission Society…
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