{"id":2021,"date":"2019-10-15T04:35:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T04:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/episcopalchurch.local\/?page_id=2021"},"modified":"2024-07-22T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T20:20:57","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div\n      class=\"wp-block-episcopal-hero-banner alignfull\"\n            style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/episcopalchurch-flag.jpg)\"\n          >\n      <div\n        class=\"hero-banner\"\n      >\n        <div class=\"hero-banner-wrapper\">\n          <h1 class=\"episcopal-hero-title\">\n                        About Us                      <\/h1>\n                    <ul class=\"social-nav\">\n                                              <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n\n\n<p>The Episcopal Church welcomes all who worship Jesus Christ and comprises 106 dioceses and one mission area across 22 countries or territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While The Episcopal Church is headquartered in New York City, we are not a national church\u2014we are a multinational denomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the only U.S.-based member of the worldwide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/who-we-are\/anglican-communion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anglican Communion<\/a>, The Episcopal Church is part of the world\u2019s third-largest group of Christians and currently has more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.generalconvention.org\/fast-facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1.4 million members<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are denominational descendants of\u2014and partners with\u2014the Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission of the church, as stated in the Book of Common Prayer\u2019s catechism, is \u201cto restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In step with that mission, The Episcopal Church follows Jesus into loving, liberating, and life-giving relationships with God, with each other, and with the earth.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/careers\/\">Careers<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/privacy-policy-and-digital-millennium-copyright-act-notice\/\">Privacy Policy and Trademark Usage<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Episcopal Church welcomes all who worship Jesus Christ and comprises 106 dioceses and one mission area across 22 countries or territories. 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