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[Episcopal News Service] St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Kerrville, Texas, has been open daily this week for residents seeking a place for prayer as the community deals with shock and grief after the deadly July 4 flooding of the nearby Guadalupe River. At least 120 people are reported dead from the central Texas floods, most of them in Kerr County, and more than 160 others remained missing July 11 as emergency crews and volunteers continued to comb the wreckage and debris along the river in […]

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of the Dominican Republic and Episcopal leaders churchwide are paying tribute to Bishop Telésforo Alexander Isaac, the church’s first native Dominican bishop, who died July 4 at age 96. Isaac, who had been the oldest Episcopal bishop, was consecrated bishop in 1972 and led his diocese until 1991. He later served as assisting bishop in the Diocese of Southwest Florida, from 1991 to 1996, and as an interim bishop in the Diocese of the Virgin Islands, in […]

[Episcopal News Service] An Akron, Ohio, building that formerly housed the congregation of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and has ties to the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous as well as some of the city’s noted citizens, was given a 90-day demolition reprieve, seven years after the stone structure was badly damaged in a fire. The congregation of St. Paul’s was formed in 1835, just 10 years after the city of Akron was founded. It built a church in 1847, which was replaced by a new church and […]

[Anglican Communion News Service] The World Council of Churches has formally launched an “Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action,” following a special plenary session during the WCC central committee meeting. The session, chaired by the Anglican Communion’s Panama Bishop Julio Murray, who also is the former archbishop of Central America, brought together church leaders, theologians and youth representatives from across six continents. The launch marks the beginning of a 10-year […]

[Episcopal News Service – Madison, Wisconsin] Building maintenance at Grace Episcopal Church is an ongoing challenge. That may come as no surprise for a 170-year-old church made from porous sandstone. Repairing the sandstone is such a frequent task that the congregation keeps a reserve of limestone in its back alley that can be used as a sandstone substitute when mending Grace’s exterior walls. The congregation took on a major project in 1998 when it restored its bell tower, and since then […]

[Religion News Service] For years, conservative legal groups have argued that an IRS rule barring churches from endorsing candidates was unconstitutional. Now the IRS agrees. In a court filing, the IRS said the-so called Johnson Amendment, which bars all nonprofits from being involved in campaigns, should not apply to political speech during religious services. Speaking about politics at a church or other house of worship is not the same as intervening or participating in an election, […]