Episcopal Church in the United States of America | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-06

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Episcopal Church in the United States of America


00:02:17 1 Names
00:05:23 2 History
00:05:32 2.1 Colonial era
00:07:06 2.2 Revolutionary era
00:09:34 2.3 Early Republic era
00:12:55 2.4 Nineteenth century
00:15:50 2.5 Era of change (1958–1970s)
00:19:35 2.6 Recent history
00:20:52 2.6.1 Revised prayer book
00:21:30 2.6.2 Ordination of women
00:23:43 2.6.3 Affirmation of LGBT people
00:26:53 2.6.4 Separations from the church
00:28:55 2.6.5 Church property disputes
00:31:07 3 Membership
00:35:04 4 Influence
00:36:14 5 Structure
00:36:48 5.1 Parishes and dioceses
00:38:43 5.2 National church
00:41:47 6 Worship and liturgy
00:46:35 6.1 Book of Common Prayer
00:49:02 7 Belief and practice
00:52:51 7.1 Social positions
00:53:00 7.1.1 Economic issues
00:53:55 7.1.2 Marriage of same-sex couples
00:54:57 7.1.3 Ordination of LGBT-identified individuals
00:55:15 7.1.4 Racial equality
00:56:35 7.1.5 Abortion
00:57:06 7.1.6 Euthanasia
00:57:30 8 Agencies and programs
00:57:39 8.1 Society for the Increase of the Ministry (SIM)
00:58:12 8.2 Episcopal Relief &amp; Development
00:58:45 8.3 Scholarships
00:59:19 9 Ecumenical relations
01:01:17 10 Historical societies
01:01:38 11 Church Publishing
01:02:16 12 See also



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The Episcopal Church (TEC) in the United States is a member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a mainline Christian denomination divided into nine provinces. The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is Michael Bruce Curry, the first African-American bishop to serve in that position.
In 2017, the Episcopal Church had 1,905,349 baptized members, of whom 1,745,156 were in the United States. In 2011, it was the nation's 14th largest denomination. In 2015, Pew Research estimated that 1.2 percent of the adult population in the United States, or 3 million people, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians.The church was organized after the American Revolution, when it became separate from the Church of England, whose clergy are required to swear allegiance to the British monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Episcopal Church describes itself as "Protestant, yet Catholic". The Episcopal Church claims apostolic succession, tracing its bishops back to the apostles via holy orders. The Book of Common Prayer, a collection of traditional rites, blessings, liturgies, and prayers used throughout the Anglican Communion, is central to Episcopal worship.
The Episcopal Church was active in the Social Gospel movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since the 1960s and 1970s, the church has pursued a decidedly more liberal course. It has opposed the death penalty and supported the civil rights movement and affirmative action. Some of its leaders and priests are known for marching with influential civil rights' demonstrators such as Martin Luther King Jr. The Church calls for the full legal equality of LGBT people. In 2015, the Church's 78th triennial General Convention passed resolutions allowing the blessing of same-sex marriages and approved two official liturgies to bless such unions.The Episcopal Church ordains women and LGBT people to the priesthood, the diaconate, and the episcopate, despite opposition from a number of other member churches of the Anglican Communion. In 2003, Gene Robinson became the first openly gay person ordained as a bishop.