by Andrew Morehead | Oct 13, 2025 | News
We acknowledge that the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee resides on the lands of the Cherokee, Miccosukee, Yuchi (Tsoyaha) Indigenous People, Shawnee, and Chickasaw First Peoples. In fact, the name of our state, Tennessee, is derived from two First Peoples name for...
by Andrew Morehead | Oct 7, 2025 | Message from the Bishop
Bishop Brian Cole offers words of welcome and congratulations on the appointment of Archbishop-designate Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. We ask communities across East Tennessee to pray for Archbishop-designate Sarah Mullally in the prayers of the...
by Andrew Morehead | Sep 22, 2025 | Message from the Bishop
Fifteenth Sunday after the Pentecost 2025 St. John’s Cathedral Luke 16:1-13 The Right Rev. Brian L. Cole Tennessee Ernie Ford. Do you remember Tennessee Ernie Ford? He was a native of Bristol, Tennessee. For decades, from the 1930s until his death in the...
by Andrew Morehead | Sep 19, 2025 | News
A Knoxville area member of the Diocese of East Tennessee, Kristy Starks-Winn of St. Andrews, Maryville, has launched a new ministry offering meant to help churches understand gender and sexuality through the lens of faith, compassion, and inclusion. “In the Image of...
by Andrew Morehead | Sep 17, 2025 | Message from the Bishop, News
Bishop Brian Cole has commended the following message from the House of Bishops upon the conclusion of their time in the Dominican Republic. The photo is by Bishop Frank Logue, Bishop of the Diocese of Georgia. Dear people of God, The bishops of The Episcopal Church...
