The Episcopal Church debates whether to change the Book of Common Prayer. At the denomination’s triennial conference, which concluded in Austin last week, leaders considered a plan that would ...

But she argued that not changing the words of the Book of Common Prayer is harmful. That’s the only book found in many Episcopal churches, and the book that a believer is likely to have at home ...

The Book of Common Prayer is the text used in every Episcopal congregation. The book currently uses the traditional language when referring to God, such as Father, King and Lord.

The Episcopal Church formed a committee Wednesday to “provide a pathway” toward revising the Book of Common Prayer to include gender-neutral language.

That's not Ben at the right; it's Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury through the mid-1500s, whose lasting effect on the world was to compose the Anglican Book of Common Prayer of 1549.

The new book might end up being completed on the proposed 2030 timetable or might be considerably delayed.

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 ...

The Episcopal Church could change the wording of its prayer books to make it clear that 'God is not male'. The Book of Common Prayer, which is used in every Episcopal congregation, could soon ...

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 ...

After more than a week of debate about whether God should be referred to by male pronouns — and about the many other issues that come up when writing a prayer book — Episcopal Church officials ...