Christ Church was founded on March 5, 1825, by a reverend named Lot Jones who was on a missionary tour of Georgia, according to the Georgia Historical Society. At the time of Christ Church’s founding, Macon was in its infancy. It had been created two years before as a frontier town after the U.S. government forcibly removed the Creek Indians from their native land, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia.

The University of the South’s School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee, hosted a panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges The Episcopal Church faces in a contemporary cultural landscape.

One October morning in 2011, Barbara Brown Taylor, a New York Times bestselling author and Episcopal priest, flew to West Virginia to walk into a cave. She was guided by a retired Presbyterian minister who had been doing just that for 50 years.

Early voting is underway in Georgia, and as faith leaders, we have a clear and pressing responsibility to help guide our nation through the challenging days ahead and begin the healing that will be needed once a new president is duly declared.

Nonprofits and religious groups are working to bring relief to people affected by Hurricane Helene.

As Hurricane Helene, a powerful Category 4 storm with winds of up to 140 miles per hour, moved from the Big Bend region of the Florida Panhandle late on Sept. 26 into the hills of Appalachia two days later, Episcopal churches and entities suffered damage that ranges from minor to major.

Imagine having to pack up your belongings, load them onto a truck and relocate to a new living space every seven days. Andrea Brantley sees that scenario unfold weekly as the executive director of Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb.

The Diocese of Atlanta in Georgia is recognizing September as National Suicide Prevention Month by hosting a three-session, online faith-based suicide prevention training program on Sept. 12, 19 and 26.

The Bishop of Atlanta, the Rt. Rev. Robert Wright has issued a prayer in the wake of the shooting at Apalachee High School in rural Winder, Georgia on September 4, 2024.

A recent donation to Family Promise of North Fulton/DeKalb will give two families in need of transitional housing a place to call home early next year. Family Promise is a nationwide nonprofit that fights homelessness by providing resources, transitional housing, and support to struggling families.