Michael Curry
Reducing the refugee cap will decimate crucial faith-based partnerships
By Michael B. Curry — September 27, 2019
(RNS) — With nearly 26 million refugees worldwide, over half of whom are children, the United States must do her part to alleviate the suffering of these valued members of God’s family.
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preaches on selflessness at Baptist church
By Adelle M. Banks — March 7, 2019
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (RNS) — 'Selfishness is a cancer that will destroy from within better than anything can destroy from without,' said Curry.
2018 in review: A year of reckoning for powerful religious figures
By Bob Smietana — December 28, 2018
(RNS) — A year ago Bill Hybels was the pastor of one of the nation's most influential megachurches, Theodore McCarrick was a prince of the Catholic Church, and Michael Curry was the relatively unknown head of a mainline Protestant denomination.
As one historically black Episcopal church closes, others face strong headwinds
By Yonat Shimron — December 11, 2018
WARRENTON, N.C. (RNS) — As North Carolina wrestles with the aftermath of Jim Crow, some of the churches bound up in the racial history of the region are slowly fading from view.
Before the TV hit ‘God Friended Me,’ there were two friends fascinated with faith
By Cathleen Falsani — November 9, 2018
(RNS) — The creators of a new CBS show about a mysterious Facebook contact came together just as their faith journeys were diverging.
As Episcopalians meet, debate looms about their place in the Anglican world
By Jacob Lupfer — July 5, 2018
(RNS) — As the Episcopal Church's General Convention begins this week, a debate rages in many countries, including the United States, about whether the stalwart of mainstream American Protestantism can rightly claim to be the legitimate expression of Anglicanism.
Michael Curry v. Robert Jeffress on the biblical view of government
By Mark Silk — June 1, 2018
One of them is sincerely wrong.
Bishop Michael Curry walks a fine line in the political fray
By Jack Jenkins — May 31, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As Bishop Michael Curry's fame rises in the wake of his royal wedding sermon, questions remain as to how — or if — he will utilize his newfound influence to bolster a resurgent religious left.
About the royal wedding sermon …
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 22, 2018
It is now the most famous sermon in recent history. But, what is love?
Episcopalians reflect on staying power of ‘the sermon that stole the show’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 21, 2018
(RNS) — Bishop Michael Curry’s address will be numbered among history’s great sermons 'because of who he is, what he said, where he said it and how he said it.'
Episcopal Bishop Curry gives royal wedding an American flair
By The Associated Press — May 19, 2018
(AP) — Nothing quite captured the trans-Atlantic nature of Saturday’s royal wedding as much as the guest preacher whose sermon brought American flair to a very English church service.
American bishop brings human rights focus to royal wedding
By The Associated Press — May 19, 2018
(AP) — The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry also plans to join a march on the White House next week that rejects U.S. President Trump’s 'America first' stance as 'theological heresy.'
Episcopalians scramble to capitalize on royal wedding opportunity
By Mark A. Kellner — May 17, 2018
(RNS) — For the Episcopal Church, the occasion marks a moment of opportunity to welcome newcomers and show the world Episcopalians are not entirely marginalized for their progressive views on gay ordination and same-sex marriage.
Our church was named for Robert E. Lee — here is how we changed it
By Doug Cumming — January 10, 2018
(RNS) — It has been, under the surface, a re-litigating of Lee’s terms of surrender at Appomattox. (Commentary)
Gender bias may be part of Episcopal Church firings, ex-staffer says
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — April 14, 2016
(RNS) Respecting female colleagues as equals wasn’t the norm, said a church staffer who served at the national church headquarters from 2008 to 2012.
