It’s official: Mark Stevenson is now the bishop of the Diocese of Virginia. But the consecration, held in a Southern Baptist Convention church in Henrico, Va., suggests problems loom for Stevenson and the diocese. One of the reasons cited by the diocese for holding the event in a church hostile to LGBTQ inclusion was the…
You can’t make this stuff up. Even as Dr. Oz takes heat from Democratic candidate John Fetterman for holding a rally at the Stone Gables Estate, a venue unwilling to host same-sex weddings, Episcopal Bishop Elect E. Mark Stevenson continues consecration plans at The Saint Paul’s Baptist Church in Henrico, Va. The church does not…
It’s no secret that Anglican Watch tends to focus on the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia (DioVa). But it’s not because our editor lives in the diocese. Nor is it because of his negative experiences with the diocese. Instead, it’s because the sheer size of the diocese makes it a bellwether for the larger denomination and, in the…
The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, one of the original dioceses of the Episcopal Church, is the largest domestic diocese in the denomination. As such, its fate is inextricably linked with that of the larger church and serves as a bellwether for the future. And the recent bishop search and the challenges the diocese experienced suggest…