Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Episcopal Church (TEC), less commonly known by its other official title, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA or ECUSA), is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a Christian church divided into nine provinces and has dioceses in the United States, Taiwan, Micronesia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, as well as the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe and the Navajoland Area Mission. The current Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church is the Most Reverend Michael Curry, the first African American bishop to serve in that position.The Episcopal Church describes itself as \"Protestant, Yet Catholic\". In 2013, the Episcopal Church had 2,009,084 baptized members, of whom 1,866,758 were in the United States. In 2011, it was the nation's 14th largest denomination. However, researching organizations such as Pew have determined that more Americans identify as mainline Episcopalians or Anglicans. According to ARIS/Barna, 3.5 million Americans identified as Episcopalian highlighting \"a gap between those who are affiliated with the church (on membership rolls), versus those who self-identify [as Episcopalians]\". In 2015, Pew Research estimated that 1.2% of the population, or 3.7 million adherents, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians/Anglicans within the Episcopal Church as the U.S province of the Anglican Communion.The church was organized after the American Revolution, when it became separate from the Church of England, whose clergy are required to swear allegiance to the British monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Episcopal Church is considered apostolic, as it teaches that its bishops can be traced back to the apostles via holy orders.The Episcopal Church was active in the Social Gospel movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since the 1960s and 1970s, the church has pursued a decidedly more liberal course. It has opposed the death penalty and supported the civil rights movement and affirmative action. Some of its leaders and priests are known for marching with influential civil rights demonstrators such as Martin Luther King, Jr.. The church calls for the full legal equality of gay and lesbian people, a movement partly inspired by their similar call for racial equality during the mid-1950s. In 2015, the church's 78th annual General Convention passed resolutions allowing the blessing of same-sex partnerships and approved two official liturgies to bless such unions, though they are not yet official rites within the Book of Common Prayer, the United States version of the collection of traditional rites, blessings, liturgies, and prayers used throughout the Anglican Communion.On the question of abortion, the church's 26th Presiding Bishop, the Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first female archbishop in apostolic Christian history, adopted what she called a \"nuanced approach\", though the wider church freely allows and maintains a number of diverse and differing views regarding many things. The Episcopal Church ordains women and LGBT people to the priesthood, the diaconate, and the episcopate, despite opposition from several other communicants within the global Anglican Communion. In 2003, Gene Robinson was ordained in the Episcopal Church as the first openly gay bishop in Anglican history."@en }
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- Episcopal_Church_(United_States) abstract "The Episcopal Church (TEC), less commonly known by its other official title, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA or ECUSA), is the United States-based member church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. It is a Christian church divided into nine provinces and has dioceses in the United States, Taiwan, Micronesia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, as well as the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe and the Navajoland Area Mission. The current Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church is the Most Reverend Michael Curry, the first African American bishop to serve in that position.The Episcopal Church describes itself as \"Protestant, Yet Catholic\". In 2013, the Episcopal Church had 2,009,084 baptized members, of whom 1,866,758 were in the United States. In 2011, it was the nation's 14th largest denomination. However, researching organizations such as Pew have determined that more Americans identify as mainline Episcopalians or Anglicans. According to ARIS/Barna, 3.5 million Americans identified as Episcopalian highlighting \"a gap between those who are affiliated with the church (on membership rolls), versus those who self-identify [as Episcopalians]\". In 2015, Pew Research estimated that 1.2% of the population, or 3.7 million adherents, self-identify as mainline Episcopalians/Anglicans within the Episcopal Church as the U.S province of the Anglican Communion.The church was organized after the American Revolution, when it became separate from the Church of England, whose clergy are required to swear allegiance to the British monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The Episcopal Church is considered apostolic, as it teaches that its bishops can be traced back to the apostles via holy orders.The Episcopal Church was active in the Social Gospel movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since the 1960s and 1970s, the church has pursued a decidedly more liberal course. It has opposed the death penalty and supported the civil rights movement and affirmative action. Some of its leaders and priests are known for marching with influential civil rights demonstrators such as Martin Luther King, Jr.. The church calls for the full legal equality of gay and lesbian people, a movement partly inspired by their similar call for racial equality during the mid-1950s. In 2015, the church's 78th annual General Convention passed resolutions allowing the blessing of same-sex partnerships and approved two official liturgies to bless such unions, though they are not yet official rites within the Book of Common Prayer, the United States version of the collection of traditional rites, blessings, liturgies, and prayers used throughout the Anglican Communion.On the question of abortion, the church's 26th Presiding Bishop, the Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first female archbishop in apostolic Christian history, adopted what she called a \"nuanced approach\", though the wider church freely allows and maintains a number of diverse and differing views regarding many things. The Episcopal Church ordains women and LGBT people to the priesthood, the diaconate, and the episcopate, despite opposition from several other communicants within the global Anglican Communion. In 2003, Gene Robinson was ordained in the Episcopal Church as the first openly gay bishop in Anglican history.".