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Statute of Limitations Suspension Begins January 1: A Letter from the Presiding Bishop and President Jennings, in English y español

Statute of Limitations Suspension Begins January 1: A Letter from the Presiding Bishop and President Jennings, in English y español

by Merrie Beard | Dec 12, 2018 | GC2018, News

Statute of Limitations Suspension for Clergy Sexual Misconduct Begins January 1, 2019 Advent 2018 Dear People of God in the Episcopal Church: Nearly a year ago, we issued a call for the church to examine its history and come to a fuller understanding of how we have...
Response to Bishop Love’s Letter/Respuesta a la carta del Obispo Love

Response to Bishop Love’s Letter/Respuesta a la carta del Obispo Love

by Merrie Beard | Nov 12, 2018 | News

For more than 40 years, the Episcopal Church has prayed, studied and discerned and, in doing so, we have seen the evidence of God’s blessing in the lives of LGBT people. The Episcopal Church’s General Convention, our highest temporal authority, first acknowledged that...
Challenging Ourselves to Change:  Executive Council Opening Remarks

Challenging Ourselves to Change: Executive Council Opening Remarks

by Merrie Beard | Oct 16, 2018 | News

President Jennings made these remarks to the opening session of Executive Council on October 15: Good morning, and welcome to beautiful Chaska, Minnesota. I’m delighted to be starting a new triennium with all of you, especially those of you who are attending your...
Manna for the Journey:  President Jennings’s Speech to EAM

Manna for the Journey: President Jennings’s Speech to EAM

by Merrie Beard | Oct 11, 2018 | News

President Jennings gave this speech at the Episcopal Asiamerica Ministries (EAM) National Consultation in Honolulu, Hawaii, on September 30, 2018: Good evening! Thank you so much, Fred and Bayani, for inviting me to join you for this wonderful Episcopal Asiamerica...
Special Committee on Sexual Harassment and Exploitation Legislation

Special Committee on Sexual Harassment and Exploitation Legislation

by Merrie Beard | Oct 6, 2018 | News

In February 2018, House of Deputies President Gay Clark Jennings appointed a Special Committee on Sexual Harassment and Exploitation to draft legislation for the 79th General Convention. The 47-member committee submitted 24 resolutions and one memorial and endorsed...
Response to Bishop Love’s Letter/Respuesta a la carta del Obispo Love

Nominations for Interim Bodies of General Convention Due August 20

by Merrie Beard | Jul 31, 2018 | News

Episcopalians from across the church are invited to apply for membership on the commissions, committees, task forces, and other interim bodies created by General Convention. The application, which is open until August 20, is available online. Applicants will be asked...
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