Praying to End Gun Violence: A Statement from President Jennings
This morning, my heart broke once again to learn about another mass shooting in the United States. My prayers and support are with the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Nevada, with their deputies, and with my friend Bishop Dan Edwards. I pray especially that our...
“Nuestros valores cristianos están en juego,” dicen Curry y Jennings en DACA
Hoy nuestros corazones están con aquellos a los que se conocen como “los soñadores”—esos jóvenes, mujeres y hombres, que fueron traídos a este país de niños, que se criaron aquí y cuya primera identidad cultural y nacional es estadounidense. Creemos que estos jóvenes...
“Our Christian Values are at Stake,” say Curry and Jennings on DACA
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry and House of Deputies President the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings have issued the following statement concerning the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). September 5, 2017 Today our hearts are with...
Letting Our Light Shine in Texas: A Letter from the Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies
August 16, 2017 Dear People of God in the Episcopal Church: Yesterday, the Texas legislature adjourned its special session without passing a so-called “bathroom bill,” which threatened to write discrimination against transgender people into state law. We give thanks...
The Christian Tradition We Would Far Rather Forget
The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies, released this statement on August 14 in response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11 and 12: Like many Americans, I was horrified to watch white supremacist violence in...From the President
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