Episcopal Church

British

noun

an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US

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Hundreds of people showed up for a midweek vigil at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, where some of the family worships, a few days after Guthrie disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in 2017 the Episcopal Church in Scotland went much further and voted for marriage equality for gay couples.

From BBC

Nearby, St Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church hosted a candlelight vigil for Nancy Guthrie, which many in the neighbourhood attended.

From BBC

The Episcopal Church has been vocal in its condemnation of the administration’s treatment of immigrants.

From Salon

The newspaper started publishing in 1928, a few years after modern-day Pacific Palisades was founded by members of the Methodist Episcopal Church who built an enormous campground in Temescal Canyon for annual gatherings called Chautauquas.

From Los Angeles Times

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