Anyone familiar with the Bible can attest that it includes a significant amount of masculine language. Father, King, Lord — God has long been referred to with masculine nouns and pronouns. The ...

Expanding its investment in translating the Book of Common Prayer into indigenous languages, the Episcopal Church has given the Diocese of South Dakota a grant to pay for a new Lakota translation. A ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A celebration of the 350th anniversary of Staten Island will include a service of Evensong with prayers and music from that time period on Dec. 4 at Christ Church New Brighton.

The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father. King. Lord. And in the Episcopal Church, the language of prayer matters. The Book ...

After more than a week of debate among church leaders about whether God should be referred to by male pronouns — and about the numerous other issues that come up when writing a prayer book — the ...