Rushing at State of Racism Forum
House of Deputies Vice President Byron Rushing will be a panelist at Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America, a forum to be held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral in Jackson, MS on November 15. Learn more.
Ghana Pilgrimage Photos
In July, President Jennings led an Episcopal Relief & Development Pilgrimage to Ghana. The group of nineteen pilgrims included five deputies and a former deputy. View a photo gallery from the pilgrimage.
July 4th Collects
From House of Deputies Vice President Byron Rushing: Let me take this opportunity to remind Episcopalians in the United States that many of us do not consider the words–“the founders of this country won liberty for themselves and for us”–in the...President Jennings Celebrates Marriage Equality
The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church, issued this statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s rulings that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and that same-sex marriage can resume in...
President Jennings Laments Voting Rights Decision
The Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of The Episcopal Church, issued this statement in response to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Shelby County vs. Holder: “In the summer of 1965, two weeks after President Johnson...From the President
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