Navajoland officially becomes a missionary diocese

The Episcopal Church welcomed its newest diocese on June 24, 2025 – the Missionary Diocese of Navajoland – though, as Navajo Episcopalians and church leaders noted, the elevation of Navajoland from an Episcopal mission formalizes a reality already felt for years in Navajo Nation communities. Read More …

Executive Council meets in advance of General Convention

The Episcopal Church Executive Council, meeting in the host city for the upcoming 81st General Convention, is due to focus much of its four days here on discussion and approval of a 2025-27 churchwide budget plan, Read More …

Executive Council centers equity, justice and creation care issues at San Francisco meeting

The Episcopal Church’s presiding officers opened the February 9-12, 2023, meeting of Executive Council here with welcoming remarks underscoring Episcopal leaders’ increasing emphasis on dismantling the church’s entanglement with unjust systems and institutions, which they said conflict with Christian ideals of love, humility and welcome. Read More …

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s opening remarks for Executive Council, June 25, 2021

Someone asked [William Stringfellow], “What is the deepest and most significant way that we can engage all of the manifestations of racism and bigotry? Personal, social, institutional. What is the best way to engage it?” And he answered, “Baptism.” Read More …