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General Convention 2021 Alternative Planning Underway

July 31, 2020 1 Comment

The Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, and President of the House of Deputies, Gay Jennings, have written to the Church with updates to the General Convention planning process, which has been significantly altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the event that we cannot convene safely in person from June 30 to July 9, 2021, we will postpone the 80th General Convention to 2022, working with our partners in Baltimore as we determine appropriate dates. During the summer of 2021, we […]

The Episcopal Church and abortion

May 21, 2019 13 Comments

The Office of Public Affairs of the Episcopal Church responded to growing concern about new laws restricting access to abortion in states such as Alabama, Missouri, and Ohio by sending out an email last week summarizing the positions taken by General Convention on the issues of abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Bishop Love warns of “major schism” over marriage equality

September 4, 2018 17 Comments

This Thursday’s meeting may be crucial to understanding how the diocese will move forward, as Love told the paper, “We’re in the midst of a major schism.”

#GC79 Roundup for July 12

July 12, 2018 No Comments

With General Convention’s legislative work set to end at 6:30 CST on July 13, the rush to work through more than 500 resolutions continued on Thursday.

#GC79 roundup for July 4-5

July 6, 2018 No Comments

Although Episcopalians have been trickling into Austin for the last several days and legislative committee sessions have begun, today, July 5, marked the official start of the 79th General Convention (#GC79). Here is your roundup of today’s top stories.

Episcopalians keep up the prayer, pressure over immigration

June 26, 2018 No Comments

The prayers and public witness continue less than two weeks before General Convention’s planned prayer service outside an ICE detention center in Taylor, Texas, about forty minutes away from the Episcopal Church’s triennial meeting in Austin.

Prayer service planned at detention center during General Convention

June 21, 2018 No Comments

“Praying for the women who are detained helps us act out for ourselves and the world the humanity of those detained. It reminds us that they are children of God, even as the prison tries to make them something other than that.”