9+ hour, 16+ min ago  (392+ words) In a letter sent to the diocese on April 17, Bishop Anne B. Jolly said that the Episcopal Church Women (ECW) of the Diocese of Ohio is under investigation for financial irregularities. "Significant discrepancies have been identified, and it has been determined…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago  (571+ words) Before I was a priest, before I ever learned to preach, I learned to dig in levee gates, mend drainage boxes, calibrate sprayers, and watch the weather with anxious patience. I didn't realize, when I began moving toward ministry, just…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (684+ words) When the Rev. Michael Watenga started preaching in nightclubs and pubs around the city of Eldoret, some drinkers thought that he was a clown or a city beggar, while others thought he was a government detective. Most did not know…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (741+ words) In Search of Growth "People want to be at church," says the Rev. Richmond Webster. "They want to be under the steeple. Unfortunately, I don't usually see the church providing the answers to questions drawing folks to church now." This…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (345+ words) This is the first of two columns from the April 5 edition of TLC. It includes appointments, a restoration to ordained ministry, retirements, a parish renaming, parish closures, and a correction. The Rev. Oswald Bwechwais priest in charge of St. James,…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (854+ words) On the first Sunday of every month at 10 a. m. , St. Matthew's Church in National City, California, holds a bilingual service that brings together parishioners from its two weekly services. On a regular Sunday, the 9: 30 a. m. English service is attended mainly by Filipinos,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (476+ words) The Rt. Rev. Dr. Ashley Null, a leading scholar on the life and teachings of Thomas Cranmer, was an invited guest when Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in Algeria April 14. Pope Leo celebrated the Mass on his second day in…...

5+ day, 46+ min ago  (406+ words) People who can't read sometimes hold hymnals upside down. It's an imitation of what they see others doing. They have learned that worship is about books, words, and ideas. But for these brothers and sisters there is a wall. That…...

6+ day, 48+ min ago  (277+ words) Churches like to believe they are welcoming. Most Episcopal churches, for example, use phrases like "All are welcome here." It's a beautiful phrase, one that reflects the 1979 prayer book's Baptismal Covenant and, even more appropriately, Christ's gospel reaching all people,…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (774+ words) Members of Bishop Robert Mugisha Mugiraneza's former flock, family, and friends came to the courthouse early on April 8, fasting and praying for justice. They sat in small groups whispering as they waited for the former Bishop of Shyira to arrive…...