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Guppy said she learned that members of her Episcopalian church, St. Stephen’s Hollywood, had been detained during the raid of the Ambiance Apparel factory in downtown L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”
From Salon ● May 19, 2025
He was a spiritual man himself, a practicing Episcopalian, but humble about it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
While Justice Neil Gorsuch was educated at a Catholic school as a child, he said during his 2017 confirmation hearings that he then attended an Episcopalian church in Colorado.
From Washington Times ● May 5, 2022
I'm not even Jewish, technically, because Judaism is matrilineal, and my mom's Episcopalian.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
York consisted of about seventy houses, an episcopalian church, and a gaol.
From Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe by Bingley, William
Of my godfathers, one was a Scotch episcopalian, Mr. Fraser of ——, whom I hardly ever saw or heard of; the other a presbyterian, Mr. G. Grant, a junior partner of my father's.'
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John
Were it not for my unlucky affair with the serjeant, I would have gone to the episcopalian camp with the field officer, in God's name.'
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Velde, Carl Franz van der
The episcopalian residence, situate some distance from the city, was a mediæval building, enshrined in the remnant of a royal chase, and in its perfect quiet and loneliness resembled the palace of the Sleeping Beauty.
From The Bishop's Secret by Hume, Fergus
He had no idea what mad schemes might lurk beneath Carter's episcopalian frock, and was determined to gain any headway he could.
From Kathleen by Morley, Christopher
The mainline is a collection of long-established Protestant denominations: the Episcopalians, United Methodists, Presbyterians and so on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
This “dechurching,” as they call it, is apparent in most denominations, reducing the numbers of Presbyterians and Episcopalians and also of evangelicals like Southern Baptists.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
In 2021, membership stood at 1.52 million, a drop of 20% over the previous 10 years, and 42% from the 3.5 million Americans who self-identified as Episcopalians in 2001.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
For years, stories have appeared in media outlets about how many of the more theologically moderate denominations like Episcopalians and the United Church of Christ have suffered staggering losses in membership.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
There were among the Episcopalians, however, some striking exceptions to this rule.
From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin
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