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Welcome to the Website
of the
Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina

The Right Reverend Michael B. Curry
Bishop of North Carolina

 Dear Friends,

     Welcome to the website of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina! We are a community of Episcopal Churches worshiping and serving in the central part of the state. A listing of our churches and campus ministries is included on this website.

     Our vision as a diocese is to be a community of disciples committed to following Jesus Christ into the dream of God for us and for all creation. The dream of God is a way of talking about God's original purpose and intention for creation, the full expression of loving communion and community between God, human beings and all creation. It is a way of talking about the biblical vision of God's promised blessing for all (Genesis 12:1-3), of God's Shalom or peace (Isaiah 11:1-9), and of the kingdom or reign of God's love (Mark 12:28-34). 

     To be a disciple of Jesus is to be a person on a life journey that is defined, directed and determined by God's dream. To be a disciple of Jesus is to be a member of a community striving to live out and witness to the reconciling love of God that we have known in Jesus.

     To be a disciple is to be one who seeks to walk in the footsteps and live in the Spirit of Jesus. To be a disciple is to walk the high road of the Gospel. It is to traverse the royal road of love, to be a person of compassion, to summon forth justice in season and out, to embody the very forgiveness of God and to incarnate the reconciliation which is God's ultimate goal in creation. Thus, discipleship is a journey, following Jesus of Nazareth, through the nightmare that is often our world into the dream that God intends for us and all creation.

We invite you to join us on that journey!

Keep the faith,
+Michael

"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God." 1 John 4:7

"By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:3