Joint Statement on the Death Penalty from the Episcopal Bishops of the State of Tennessee

Since the 1958 General Convention of the Episcopal Church, our Church has consistently called for an end to the death penalty. In 1979, 1991, 2000, 2015, and even more recently…

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Statement on the Deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus Christ commended peacemakers as children of God.  We strive for justice and peace among all people as disciples of Christ.  The biblical understanding of peace represents more than the absence of conflict.  It entails a sense of well-being which is derived from being in right relationship with God and with our neighbors.  This biblical notion of shalom is what we desire for Memphis.

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