episcopalassetmap.org

The Episcopal Asset Map (episcopalassetmap.org) is a searchable map of The Episcopal Church's worshipping communities, schools, and ministries. To find one near you, use the "Search the map" feature on the homepage, or choose the more targeted "Find a Church Near Me" or "Find a Ministry" options. The map is designed to show not just locations but how churches, schools, and other places serve their congregations and communities by highlighting their resources and gifts.

Searching the Map

The homepage centers on a single search prompt: "Search the map to find worshipping communities, schools, and ministries of The Episcopal Church."

1. Enter a location into the search field.
2. Select "See the Map" to view results geographically.
3. Browse the results to see which worshipping communities, schools, or ministries appear in that area.

The map is described as "a window into our denomination" — so expect each entry to carry more than an address. Listings highlight the assets and gifts of a place, meaning you can see what a community offers, not just where it is.

Using the Dedicated Finders

If you already know what you're looking for, two shortcuts skip the general map:

• Find a Church Near Me — for locating a worshipping community.
• Find a Ministry — for locating a ministry rather than a congregation.

These are the fastest routes when your goal is a specific type of place rather than a general survey of what exists nearby.

Exploring Other Maps

The Asset Map also links to other maps beyond the main one:

Use the diocesan and network maps when your question is about structure or affiliation rather than a physical location near you.

What You'll Find Beyond Locations

The Asset Map is built around the idea in I Corinthians 12:4–7 — that there are varieties of gifts, services, and activities, all activated by the same God. In practice, that means the map showcases how churches, schools, and other places serve their congregations and communities by highlighting their resources and gifts.

Featured stories illustrate the kind of content you may encounter, for example:

• St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI — celebrating 180 years of service.
• St. James Episcopal Church, Vincennes, IN — a community gospel choir.
• Grace Episcopal Church, Ellensburg, WA — a cold weather shelter.
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wyandotte, MI — a Fourth Saturday meal program.
• Creation Care and Environmental Racism, New York, NY — the Asset Map as a multi-layered tool for eco-justice.

These examples show that a listing can point you toward a meal program, a shelter, a choir, or an environmental initiative — useful if you're looking for a specific kind of community involvement, not only a Sunday service.

If Information Is Missing or Outdated

The map depends on contributions from people in the pews. The site states plainly: "We need your help! Your information empowers us to tell a more complete story of the Church."

• Suggest an Update — use this if you spot a listing that needs correcting.
• Share a Story — use this to reflect and share the ways God is at work in your Episcopal place.

If a church or ministry you know of doesn't appear, or appears with wrong details, suggesting an update is the intended path to fix it.

Quick Reference

The Episcopal Asset Map (episcopalassetmap.org) is a searchable, churchwide map of Episcopal worshipping communities, schools, and ministries. Use it when you want to find a church or ministry near a specific place, learn how a congregation serves its community, or understand what "assets" a particular Episcopal place brings to its neighborhood. It is a tool for discovery and connection, not a directory of official church records or a giving platform.

What you can search for

The site's search is built around three kinds of entries:

• Worshipping communities — Episcopal congregations you can locate by place.
• Schools — Episcopal-affiliated schools included in the map.
• Ministries — outreach, service, and other ministry efforts tied to Episcopal communities.

The homepage frames this as "Search the map to find worshipping communities, schools, and ministries of The Episcopal Church," and offers a direct Find a Church Near Me entry point alongside Find a Ministry.

What "asset" means here

The map is not just a location list. It is designed to "showcase how churches, schools, and other places serve their congregations and communities by highlighting our resources and gifts (our assets)." In practice, that means an entry can tell you not only where a community is, but what it does — the ministries, programs, and forms of service it contributes.

The site describes itself as "more than a website" and as "a window into our denomination," with the stated purpose of connecting across differences, offering support, and helping people find a safe space to connect with the divine.

Other maps and entry points

Beyond the main search, the site points to additional map views:

Featured stories

The map includes featured stories from The Episcopal Church that illustrate how communities are active. Examples shown on the site include:

• St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI — celebrating 180 years of service
• St. James Episcopal Church, Vincennes, IN — a community gospel choir
• Grace Episcopal Church, Ellensburg, WA — a cold weather shelter
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wyandotte, MI — a Fourth Saturday meal program
• Creation Care and Environmental Racism, New York, NY — the Asset Map described as "a multi-layered tool for eco-justice"

These stories are presented as examples of "how God is at work" in Episcopal places, and the site notes they exist because people gave their time to share them.

Getting involved: suggesting updates and sharing stories

The map depends on contributed information. Two actions are highlighted:

• Suggest an Update — the site states, "We need your help! Your information empowers us to tell a more complete story of the Church." There is a How to Update the Asset Map resource.
• Share a Story — reflect and share ways God is at work in your Episcopal place, with a How to Share a Story guide.

If you are looking for a church, a school, or a ministry to connect with or support, start with the map search or the "near me" option. If you are part of an Episcopal community and want its work reflected, the update and story-sharing paths are how that information reaches the map.

The Episcopal Asset Map features three main categories of assets — worshipping communities, schools, and ministries of The Episcopal Church — and pairs them with featured stories that show those places in action. The map is described as "a window into our denomination," designed to highlight the resources and gifts (the "assets") that churches, schools, and other places offer their congregations and communities. If you want to see what a particular Episcopal community is doing, or find one near you, the map is the entry point.

The three asset types you can search

The site's search tool is built around three categories, and you can filter the map by them:

The map also links out to related views: Dioceses and Networks are listed as "other maps," so the same underlying data can be browsed by geographic diocese or by network affiliation rather than by individual place.

What the featured stories actually look like

The homepage rotates through featured stories drawn from real Episcopal places. The examples shown give a clear sense of the range:

• St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI — a story marking 180 years of service
• St. James Episcopal Church, Vincennes, IN — a community gospel choir
• Grace Episcopal Church, Ellensburg, WA — a cold weather shelter
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Wyandotte, MI — a Fourth Saturday meal program, noted as being "in the news"
• Creation Care and Environmental Racism, New York, NY — described as the Asset Map being "a multi-layered tool for eco-justice"

Two patterns stand out. First, the stories skew toward outward-facing community service — meals, shelter, music, environmental justice — rather than internal parish news. Second, they cover both longstanding institutions and newer or issue-based work, so a 180-year-old congregation and an eco-justice initiative sit side by side.

The site frames the purpose of these stories explicitly: "We're able to learn from and celebrate the good works highlighted in our featured stories because someone like you gave the gift of their time and shared with us how God is at work in their Episcopal place." In other words, the stories exist because community members submit them.

How to browse the assets and stories yourself

1. Go to the map and use Search the map to find worshipping communities, schools, and ministries.
2. Use the quick links Find a Church Near Me or Find a Ministry if you already know what you're looking for.
3. Switch to the Dioceses or Networks maps if you'd rather browse by region or affiliation.
4. Scroll the Featured Stories section on the homepage to see current examples of ministries, worship experiences, and community service.

Expected result: you land on a specific place or story rather than a general directory, since each entry is tied to a named church, school, or ministry.

Where the stories come from — and how to add one

The map is not maintained solely by a central office. Two contribution paths are offered:

• Suggest an Update — "Your information empowers us to tell a more complete story of the Church." Use this if an existing entry is incomplete or out of date.
• Share a Story — "Take a moment to reflect and share with us the ways God is at work in your Episcopal place."

A practical note: if you're looking for a ministry that isn't listed, the absence may simply mean no one has submitted it yet, not that it doesn't exist. The site's own framing — "We need your help!" — suggests coverage depends on local contributions.

What this means if you're deciding whether to use it

• Use the map if you want to find an Episcopal church, school, or ministry by location, or if you want examples of what Episcopal communities are doing in areas like food programs, shelter, music, and environmental work.
• Use the featured stories if you're looking for inspiration or a model for a ministry rather than a specific address.
• Contribute if you belong to an Episcopal place whose work isn't reflected — either by updating an entry or sharing a story.

The underlying idea is stated on the site through I Corinthians 12:4-7: "there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit... To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good." The map treats each church, school, and ministry as one of those gifts, and the stories as evidence of them in use.

The Episcopal Asset Map accepts two kinds of contributions from visitors: suggesting an update to existing information, and sharing a story about how God is at work in an Episcopal place. Both are handled through forms linked from the site's "Get Involved" section. The site states plainly why it asks for this: "Your information empowers us to tell a more complete story of the Church." If you have noticed outdated details for a church, school, or ministry, or you want to write up a ministry highlight, you can do either without needing an account described anywhere on the page.

Suggest an Update

Use this path when something on the map is wrong, missing, or has changed — an address, a ministry listing, a worshipping community's details.

1. Go to episcopalassetmap.org.
2. Find the Get Involved area, which contains a Suggest an Update option.
3. Follow that link to the update form and describe what should change.
4. Submit it for review.

The site frames this as a shared responsibility rather than a one-time fix: "We need your help! Your information empowers us to tell a more complete story of the Church." The page does not specify a turnaround time or who reviews submissions, so treat the form as a suggestion channel rather than a direct edit — your change appears after it is processed, not instantly.

What to include

• The name of the place as it appears on the map (for example, a specific Episcopal church, school, or ministry).
• The specific field that is wrong or missing, and the correct value.
• Any context that helps a reviewer verify it.

Share a Story

Use this path when you want to tell the story of a ministry, worship experience, or community rather than correct a fact.

1. From the same Get Involved section, choose Share a Story.
2. Read the How to Share a Story guide before writing.
3. Reflect on and write up the ways God is at work in your Episcopal place.
4. Submit it through the provided process.

The site describes the purpose this way: "Take a moment to reflect and share with us the ways God is at work in your Episcopal place." Featured stories on the homepage show the range of what gets published — a 180th anniversary at St. Matthew's and St. Joseph's in Detroit, a community gospel choir at St. James in Vincennes, a cold-weather shelter at Grace Church in Ellensburg, a Saturday meal program at St. Stephen's in Wyandotte, and a piece on creation care and environmental racism in New York. These are concrete, local, program-level stories, which is a useful signal for what to write about.

Choosing Between the Two

Before You Start

• Read the guides. The site links both "Learn How it Works" and "How to Share a Story." Reading them first is the difference between a submission that gets used and one that gets sent back.
• Be specific and local. The featured stories are tied to named places and named programs, not general reflections.
• Expect review, not instant publishing. The page presents both paths as contributions to a larger effort, not as self-service editing.

Related Things You Can Do on the Map

The same site supports finding a church near you, browsing dioceses and networks, and exploring ministries. If your goal is discovery rather than contribution, start with Search the map or Find a Church Near Me instead of the Get Involved forms.