St. Stephen's, an Episcopal Adventure of Embodied Love, affirms the divine beauty of each person and creature.  We welcome you! wherever you are on your journey.  We hold as sacred the questioning mind, the searching heart, the thirsting soul. With our partnerships we have been a beacon of hope and care in downtown Portland, Oregon, since 1873.   Located near Portland State University on the corner of SW 13th & Clay Streets, we gather for worship at 8 am and 10:30 am each Sunday.

​Kevin G. Thew Forrester -- the Priest-in-Charge of St. Stephen's -- is a theologian, an interfaith spiritual writer and speaker, and a student and teacher of the soul's journey.  Kevin is a certified teacher of the Enneagram in the Narrative Tradition, and has received certification from the Integral Institute. He is a student of the Diamond Approach, and received Jukai from Shoken Winecoff of Ryumonji Soto Zen Buddhist Temple in May, 2004. As Rector, he founded the Healing Arts Centers at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Marquette, and Trinity Episcopal Church in Houghton, Michigan. He is the author of Beyond My Wants, Beyond My Fears, as well as four previous books, including  I Have Called You Friends, Holding Beauty in My Soul's Arms, and My Heart is a Raging Volcano of Love for You, along with being a contributing essayist for Progressing Spirit.

Kevin holds three advanced degrees in theology: MA, MTS, and Ph.D. Read more on his website: Essential Living: For The Soul's Journey.

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We are located in downtown Portland at
1432 SW 13th Ave  Portland, OR 97201

Metered parking is available on all the streets surrounding the church. On Sundays, meters are free until 1 p.m.. Parking is also available at the Portland State University Parking Lot 3 at 1700 SW 13th Ave. This is a paid parking lot, two blocks south of the church on 13th.

Church Services & Spiritual Life

Sundays
10:30am Zoom Sunday Celebration

Zoom link to join the celebration:
​https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84051758322?pwd=MEpRMWNnWDJXSGd3SEthRXBDUVhvZz09

Thursdays
10:30am Faith Exploration

Zoom link to join:
us02web.zoom.us/j/88443118080?pwd=akg4d0twN3NlMmpncU5CMGpOcEhzZz09​
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Interested in St. Stephens? Contact Kevin using the form below:

St. Stephen's is a community with a rich history.

We were the first community in Portland to welcome African-Americans to the Episcopal Church in the 1920's.  We were home to Japanese-Americans who returned to Portland after internment in the 1940's. We were the first church in Portland to lead a marriage ceremony for an interracial couple in the 1960's.  We called the first woman rector to an Episcopal church in Oregon, and we started the first chapter of Integrity, the LGBTQ advocacy group in the Episcopal Church. We have always served the marginalized, and we continue to work for justice and equality for all of God's people.

How To Live Lives of Gratefulness

Rediscovering Grace at the Center of Creation, Life, Liturgy
Saving Paradise
​https://savingparadise.net/​

Habits of Grace - Presiding Bishop Curry
Visit https://episcopalchurch.org/habits-of-grace