THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE USA (ECUSA) is the American branch of the Anglican Communion.
In addition to this page, you'll find these areas in our USA section:
US Episcopal Church Official Information
Official web
site of the US Episcopal Church
(The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, Inc.)
Official news, information, publications, and reports from the staff and volunteer personnel who carry out the mission and ministry,
governance, and administration of the Episcopal Church in the United States (in formal and corporate language, the Domestic and Foreign
Missionary Society).
Church Pension Group
One of the very first pension funds in the States (1919) has launched its ambitious web site. Be sure to try the parish finder.
Super! And don't miss 'eTools'; it's under 'Click here for an overview of products & services'.
Constitution
and Canons of the Episcopal Church in the USA (2003)
Available for download in PDF format.
The Convocation of American
Churches in Europe
Several parishes in several countries in Europe are under the formal
jurisdiction of the Episcopal Church in the USA. The convocation's web site gives more
details. The American convocation works closely with the Church of England's Diocese
in Europe.
The Episcopal Church Annual (The Red
Book)
Morehouse Publishing and the Episcopal Church in the USA cooperated to bring online this searchable database of dioceses and parishes.
It's possible to search for parish churches within so many miles of a particular postal code. From the site: 'Search and find 7,500 Episcopal
Churches in the United States by zip code. Information includes street address, phone, fax, e-mail, websites, clergy, size of congregation,
and for some, times of services and special ministries'.
Episcopal Church Clerical Directory
This most useful online US Episcopal Church clerical directory also includes a parish-search feature.
Episcopal Church Network
for Science, Technology, and Faith
'Facilitates dialogue between [the US Episcopal Church] and members of the scientific, technical, and medical communities; to be an educational
resource for this Church, its seminaries, and the wider Christian community; and to provide guidelines in Christian ethics for use in
everyday decisions within contemporary American culture'.
The Episcopal Church in the Province
of New England
Province I consists of seven dioceses: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Western Massachusetts.
Episcopal News Service
The Episcopal News Service (ENS) distributes the official news releases of the Episcopal Church in the USA. You can browse
recent stories online.
Episcopal Relief and Development
'The international relief and development arm of the Episcopal Church, meeting needs of people suffering from disasters, poverty, and
despair'. Offices in New York and Seattle, but grants are given for relief wherever it is needed in the world.
The Executive
Council
Here is the official explanation of what the Executive Council is. The
web site is formal and official, and as a result is not entirely useful to most of us.
General Convention 2003
The governing body of the Episcopal Church, which meets every three years.
Office of the
Presiding Bishop
Speeches, addresses, editorials, letters to the editor by the Presiding Bishop.
