President Jennings Laments Voting Rights Decision

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...

Executive Council Opening Remarks

In her 1998 book Amazing Grace, Kathleen Norris writes about learning to believe: Perhaps my most important breakthrough with regard to belief came when I learned to be as consciously skeptical and questioning of my disbelief and my doubts as I was of my burgeoning...
Episcopal Church Invests in Bank of Palestine

Episcopal Church Invests in Bank of Palestine

In late March, The Episcopal Church purchased a three-year certificate of deposit for $500,000 in the Bank of Palestine. The bank, founded in 1960, has 48 branches in Palestine that employ 1200 employees and serve more than half a million customers. According to...