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  • Episcopalians Find Strange Old Book Hidden Under Pew

    05/17/2025 7:29:50 AM PDT · by PittsburghAfterDark · 20 replies
    The Babylon Bee ^ | May 15, 2025 | Babylon Bee
    NEW YORK, NY — According to sources, a group of Episcopalian parishioners has found a strange old book hidden underneath one of their church's pews. The book, labeled "Holy Bible" on the front of it, was apparently unknown and completely foreign to everyone at the church, leaving leaders in fear that the church may have been infiltrated by right-wing religious extremists. "It contained strange text and verses we had never seen before," said Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe. "Just a cursory glance through this ‘Bible' was troubling. It appears to speak of an almighty deity none of us are familiar with...
  • ‘RAISES SERIOUS QUESTIONS’: White House Calls Out Episcopal Church Over Refusal to Help White Refugees

    05/14/2025 3:39:26 PM PDT · by george76 · 63 replies
    Daily Signal ^ | May 13, 2025 | Tyler O'Neil |
    The White House condemned the Episcopal Church on Tuesday after it withdrew from federal refugee resettlement programs in protest when the government asked the church to resettle white refugees from South Africa. In a Monday letter, a top church leader noted South Africa’s history of Apartheid and said that assisting the refugees cuts against its “steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.” The Episcopal Church’s government relations arm had touted in 2024 its efforts to help “undocumented immigrants.” The Episcopal Church’s decision to terminate its decades-long partnership with the U.S. government over the resettlement of 59 desperate Afrikaner refugees raises...
  • Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

    05/12/2025 12:21:21 PM PDT · by mbrfl · 65 replies
    RNS ^ | March 12, 2025 | Jack Jenkins
    (RNS) — In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday (May 12) that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration. In a letter sent to members of the church, the Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe — the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church — said that two weeks ago the government “informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of...
  • Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

    05/12/2025 10:39:21 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 67 replies
    RNS vis MSN ^ | May 12, 2025
    (RNS) — In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday (May 12) that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration. In a letter sent to members of the church, the Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe — the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church — said that two weeks ago the government “informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of...
  • New Jersey town moves to seize property of Episcopal church that wants to open homeless shelter

    05/05/2025 5:30:19 PM PDT · by xxqqzz · 11 replies
    Episcopal News Service ^ | May 1, 2025 | Mary Frances Schjonberg
    An Episcopal congregation here, after facing months of backlash from some neighbors in response to its proposal for a 17-bed homeless shelter, now has been targeted by ersey]the town for possible public seizure of the 11-acre church property through eminent domain. The congregation, Christ Episcopal Church, says the property is not for sale, yet the elected town council on April 30, during a raucous and contentious meeting, agreed to begin the process of buying or seizing the church and five other properties to create two new town parks. The Rev. Lisa A. Hoffman, Christ Church’s rector, said that a Toms...
  • Israel hit Gaza hospital on Palm Sunday, kills 21

    04/14/2025 9:14:46 PM PDT · by Jyotishi · 41 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Deir Al-Balah, Press Trust of India
    A wave of Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday hit a hospital and other sites, killing at least 21 people, including children, as Israel vowed to expand its security presence in the small coastal strip. The predawn strike on Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City was the latest of several attacks on northern Gaza’s last major hospital providing critical health care. Hospital director Dr. Fadel Naim said the emergency room, pharmacy and surrounding buildings were severely damaged, affecting over 100 patients and dozens of staff. One patient, a girl, died during the evacuation following an Israeli warning because staff were unable...
  • Episcopal Church removes Saint George's Cross, adds "Pride" colors on shield logo

    03/03/2025 8:42:27 PM PST · by xxqqzz · 32 replies
    Not the Bee ^ | May 29, 2024 | John Knox
    You know, sometimes I scroll right past things that are too bizarre because I think, "There's no way this isn't a parody." This was almost one of those times: There's no earthly way that the Episcopal Church, as woke as they are, would have created a "Pride" shield. Is there? So I Googled it. And I found it. If you showed this to an Episcopalian 150 years ago they'd say, "What the heck is that?" And then after you explained to them what the "pride" movement was, they'd probably laugh in your face and not believe you. But it's 2024,...
  • Episcopal Church endorses sex changes for children ‘at all ages’ The Episcopal Church has been post-Christian for some time, and has fully bought in to the premises of the transgender movement.

    10/10/2022 12:02:38 PM PDT · by Morgana · 46 replies
    Life Site News ^ | August 15, 2022 | Jonathon Van Maren
    It has been a terrible few weeks for the transgender movement. The attorney general of the United Kingdom announced that schools are obligated to provide sex-segregated bathrooms; that teachers cannot assist children in “socially transitioning” without the knowledge of their parents; and that teachers are not necessarily obligated to use a students’ new “preferred pronouns.” Additionally, The Times broke the news that up to 1,000 families are expected to join a class-action lawsuit against the Tavistock gender clinic after an NHS report highlighted the devastating long-term implications of the treatments prescribed and performed there. And so naturally the Episcopal Church...
  • The Episcopal “Church’s” New “Pride Shield” Logo is Emblematic of the Harlot Church’s Apostasy

    05/29/2024 2:17:57 PM PDT · by Morgana · 23 replies
    Disntr ^ | May 29, 2024 | staff
    Just recently, the Episcopal Church—a totally apostate harlot that bears no resemblance whatsoever to the Bride of Christ—unveiled a new logo. This new “Pride shield” shamelessly merges the historic Episcopal shield with the garish colors of the LGBTQABCDEFG+++ Pride flags. The arrogance of such a move is astounding. One must marvel at the sheer irony of a so-called “church,” one that claims to represent Christ, celebrating what the Bible explicitly condemns. In Romans 1, we see a clear depiction of God’s wrath against humanity’s unrighteousness and sexual immorality. It states unequivocally that those who suppress the truth in unrighteousness are...
  • Bishop Mariann Budde's Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) collected $53 million from Govt programs in 2023 for "Immigrant Resettlement".

    02/04/2025 9:25:34 AM PST · by george76 · 35 replies
    X ^ | Feb 1, 2025 | Publius
    Bishop Mariann Budde's Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) collected $53 million from Govt programs in 2023 for "Immigrant Resettlement". Now we know why she gave Trump the Multi-Cultural Marxist lecture - she warned him because money was on the line. The "Immigrant Resettlement" programs are much larger and more profitable than even Gavin Newsom's "Homeless Resettlement" programs. Has this program been deleted from Federal Govt spend yet? ... "Separation of Church and State" REQUIRES this number go from $53 MILLION per year to $0. ... I understand "Separation of Church and State" was a meme created by the left that doesn't...
  • Satan Joins Episcopal Church

    03/03/2025 6:03:23 PM PST · by george76 · 26 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | Mar 3, 2025 | Babylon Bee
    HELL — Infernal sources have just confirmed that Satan has decided to join the communion of the Episcopal Church. According to Hell's spokesdemon, Satan had been attending ELCA and United Methodist churches for the past few years before deciding that the Episcopal Church was right for him. "The Devil just lines up theologically with everything the Episcopalians are preaching," said Junior Devil Shmerklwitz, who serves as Satan's media liaison. "He wasn't really convinced for many years, but one fire-and-brimstone sermon from a gay transwoman bishop on how circumcision was an Old Testament picture of gender transitioning young babies really changed...
  • Episcopal bishop lectures Trump while earning taxpayer millions to bring migrants into US

    02/02/2025 9:15:54 AM PST · by massmike · 23 replies
    Nypost.com ^ | 02/02/202/ | Don Barnett
    Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde’s sermon to President Trump during an inaugural prayer service, coupled with her church’s advocacy for humanitarian immigration programs, reveals a striking hypocrisy — one that could be seen as self-serving and even a conflict of interest. That’s because the federal contracting arm of the church, Episcopal Migration Ministry (EMM), is paid to bring in people on resettlement programs that Trump has temporarily paused and targeted for re-evaluation. EMM budget figures for 2024 are not available yet, but in 2023 it earned $53 million from various taxpayer-funded government programs to resettle 3,600 individuals. Unlike everyday immigrants, these...
  • Episcopal bishop says she’ll continue to pray for Trump, who lashed out at her over viral sermon

    01/22/2025 8:34:28 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 60 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 6:36 PM CST, January 22, 2025 | TIFFANY STANLEY
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Diocese of Washington, said Wednesday that she will continue to pray for President Donald Trump, hours after he lashed out at her over a sermon.“I don’t consider him an enemy,” Budde told The Associated Press.“I believe we can disagree respectfully and put our ideas out there and continue to stand for the convictions we’ve been given without resorting to violence of speech.”Budde made a direct appeal to Trump during a post-Inauguration prayer service he attended on Tuesday, asking him to show mercy to members of the LGBTQ+ community...
  • BREAKING NEWS Trump watches in disbelief as woke bishop scorns him with 'transgender children fearing for their lives' claims

    01/21/2025 10:53:12 AM PST · by Morgana · 146 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | January 21, 2025 | CHARLIE SPIERING
    President Donald Trump was left in disbelief as he was forced to listen to a woke bishop deliver a stunning sermon calling for him to show 'mercy' to migrants and transgender children. On the first full day of Trump's presidency Episcopal bishop Marianne Budde unleashed a wild sermon claiming trans kids were 'fearing for their lives' due to him being in the Oval Office. Trump sat stony-faced in the front row, next to First Lady Melania Trump, as the bishop claimed some people in America were afraid following his election. Addressing Trump directly during the service at Washington National Cathedral,...
  • Episcopal Bishop calls for 'unity' at politicized prayer breakfast, makes 'plea' to Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ, illegal immigrants 'who are scared now'

    01/21/2025 10:53:17 AM PST · by Ennis85 · 75 replies
    The Post Millenial ^ | 21st January 2025 | Post Millenial
    During the National Prayer Service for President Donald Trump at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, the Episcopal Bishop delivering her prayer called on Trump to show "mercy" to those "who are scared now," specifically those who identify as LGBTQ or are illegal immigrants. Her service sounded more like a missive for a dying nation than a celebration of a new leader. The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde called repeatedly for "unity" in America as Trump's term begins, though she seemed to be talking more to Trump directly than to any of his opponents. Budde said that it is "incumbent...
  • Woman pastor, minutes ago , pleads Trump about gays & lesbians illegal immigrants

    01/21/2025 9:26:28 AM PST · by Words Matter · 47 replies
    I don't know her name, but her entire speech was geared, veiled, towards politics . Link to live clip https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nK8rNx43wZs
  • Episcopal Priest Loses Jeopardy! Tournament After Being Stumped on Bible Question

    03/18/2024 6:48:31 PM PDT · by Morgana · 81 replies
    Protestia ^ | March 15, 2024 | staff
    An Episcopal priest competing in a Jeopardy Tournament failed to advance to the finals, the result of falling badly behind and also being stumped by a question on the New Testament, according to the Episcopal News Service. David Sibley is the LGBTQ+ affirming rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Walla Walla, Washington, who recently participated in a Jeopardy Tournament. He previously competed in 2022, where he won $79,098 through four straight episodes. During that contest, he failed to answer a $1000 question: “It’s the ascension heavenward by true Christians both living and dead at Christ’s second coming.” Rather than...
  • Bishop Gene Robinson on why "God called me out of the closet"

    01/23/2024 10:10:08 AM PST · by Salman · 60 replies
    CBS ^ | January 21, 2024 | Ted Koppel (no less)
    As the Episcopal Church consecrated Gene Robinson the 9th bishop of New Hampshire in November 2003, he wore the customary vestments. He was also wearing a bullet-proof vest. What made the occasion controversial, indeed historic, was the Church's acceptance of Gene Robinson as the first openly-gay bishop in all of Christendom. Robinson is quick to point out that there have always been gay bishops in the Episcopal Church. "There have been a lot of us, let's just be clear," he said. "I'm just the first openly-gay one." Almost certainly the first Episcopal Bishop with purple nail polish. This was, of...
  • A film sheds light on 11 daring women whose defiant act changed the Episcopal Church

    11/29/2023 12:25:45 AM PST · by Morgana · 19 replies
    Religion News Service ^ | November 24, 2023 | Yonat Shimron
    RNS) — Ten minutes into a new documentary on the battle for women’s ordination in the Episcopal Church, a short archival clip shows the first time women were seated as full voting members in the denomination’s House of Deputies. But even as women took that minor step forward, they were introduced by a male priest who described the women deputies as “bringing us something the House has needed desperately for a long time — some beauty.” Such were the belittling attitudes toward women four years before a group of 11 seminary-educated female deacons challenged their church to accept them as...
  • Episcopal Church Platforms Children to Endorse Homosexuality and Abortion From the Pulpit

    10/20/2023 2:43:30 PM PDT · by Morgana · 13 replies
    Disntr ^ | May 30, 2023 | staff
    The Episcopal All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, in line with the growing trend of churches around the world abandoning Christianity altogether while still calling themselves “churches,” has placed controversial ideologies at the heart of its pulpit. As illustrated by a recent youth-led service overseen by Pastor Michael Kinman, the church platforms children in the pulpit to openly endorse LGBTQ rights and abortion ahead of the upcoming Pride Month. The utilization of the church’s sacred platform for propagating these views is less an alarming departure and more an unmasking of an ongoing apostasy within the Episcopal denomination. The church should...