Sean Rowe, a 49-year-old bishop from western Pennsylvania, on Wednesday became the youngest person ever elected as leader of the Episcopal Church. He immediately issued a sobering call for the church, which has faced division and chronic membership loss, to confront an “existential crisis” that he compared with the steel industry collapse in his native […]
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Lafayette’s African Methodist Episcopal Church plays important role after the Civil War
Editor’s note: To celebrate Black History Month, the Journal & Courier is featuring daily briefs about prominent Black community members in Tippecanoe County. LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In 1866, a year after the end of the Civil War, the Lafayette African Methodist Episcopal congregation considered digging a basement under their deteriorating Cincinnati Street Church because the […]
Oakwood Episcopal priest denies nepotism, cronyism, domestic abuse allegations
Feb. 6—An Oakwood clergyman who has faced previous allegations of domestic abuse will go before a hearing panel within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio as part of a disciplinary process. Allegations of domestic abuse were made against Daniel W. McClain of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Oakwood in May 2022 by his then-wife in […]
Episcopal priest in Oakwood facing allegations, disciplinary process
Feb. 5—An Oakwood clergyman, who has faced previous allegations of domestic abuse, will be going before a hearing panel within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio as part of a disciplinary process. Allegations of domestic abuse were made against Daniel W. McClain of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Oakwood in May 2022 by his then-wife […]