With a new name and a common vision for biblical renewal in the Episcopal Church, Anglicans from around the world gathered at St. Stephen's, Sewickley, Pa., May 2-4 for the sixth annual Episcopal Evangelical Assembly.

The Evangelical Fellowship in the Anglican Communion (EFAC-USA), known previously as the Fellowship of Witness, brought together more than 70 clergy and lay leaders from Australia, Great Britain, the United States and Canada for three days of encouragement, teaching and fellowship. This year, EFAC-USA's Expository Preaching Workshop was held in conjunction with the Assembly, drawing clergy a day early for training sessions led by the Rev. Dick Lucas, prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and vicar of St. Helen's Bishopsgate, London.

EFAC emphasizes a commitment to help evangelicals coalesce and support each other in their local parishes, communities and dioceses. Recognizing the importance of preaching to the growth and life of the church, plans also include the encouragement of biblical preaching through expository preaching workshops like the one held before this year's Assembly.

Sessions focused on issues ranging from parish evangelism and the call of a disciple to the need for expanding evangelical outreach in African-American, Asian, and Hispanic communities.

The Rev. Geoff Chapman, rector of St. Stephen's, said, "I am convinced that there is nothing wrong with the Episcopal Church that one million new disciples of Jesus Christ can't fix."