Print edition: Issue Four, for Saturday, June 27 In this issue: “TREC’s Seminary Proposals? They Are Already in Place” by the Very Rev. Roger Ferlo, President of Bexley Seabury Federation. “Latino/Hispanic Ministries and the Future of the Episcopal Church” by Aisha Huertas Michel, Communications Director, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia “Baptism […]
By the Rt. Rev. Susan Goff, Bishop Suffragan, Episcopal Diocese of Virginia The Task Force to Re-Imagine the Church (TREC) has proposed a series of resolutions to restructure General Convention and The Episcopal Church. One of those resolutions calls for a unicameral house, combining the House of Bishops […]
Twelve years ago, I sat in on every session of Committee on the Church and Human Sexuality, otherwise known as Special Committee 25, and marveled at how well members of that committee worked together. After 10 days of hard work, it was clear that the Holy Spirit had […]
The Committee on Structure started General Convention with more than five dozen resolutions on restructuring the Church. By Saturday night, it had one. Almost. After extensive testimony and discussion, Structure is well on its way to presenting one resolution to convention for consideration. The substitute resolution, C001, “Structural […]
This is the draft of Structure’s omnibus restructuring resolution, via David Sibley’s blog Feeding on Manna. Story to follow. Resolved, The House of ______ concurring, that this General Convention believes the Holy Spirit is urging The Episcopal Church to reimagine itself grounded in our rich heritage and open […]
At General Convention, certain things get said and repeated, until they take on an air of truth, whether they are true, or just myths. Here’s a look at what we’ve wrongly assumed about Structure and Budget: 1. Restructuring by budget-cutting is a bad idea. The first step in […]