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DioVA announces bishop candidates, we groan

March 29, 2022 Anglican Watch 4 comments

Imagine you’re on the corporate board for a Fortune 100 company. Your CEO has just resigned, and it’s time to find a replacement. You do all the right things—develop skills and needs assessments for the organization, update the job description, bring in top-notch recruiters. But the only resumes that come

Episcopal Diocese of Virginia holds convention, approves $10 million in racial reparations

November 14, 2021 Anglican Watch One comment

During its 227th annual convention, the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia approved a fund of $10 million in reparations for its role in slavery and institutional racism. But while the news is commendable, the convention overall was a mixed bag, marked by resolutions and canonical amendments of varying quality. Before we

Episcopal Diocese of Virginia votes down proposal to end white supremacy

May 17, 2021 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

DioVA Votes Down Measure to End White Supremacy

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That’s often a true statement, given our propensity as humans to prefer the comfortable and known, versus change and the unknown. But it’s nowhere more true than DioVA, where the recent passage of an annual budget — one quarter of

Episcopal diocese of Virginia proposes to zero out sexual misconduct prevention

March 29, 2021 Anglican Watch Leave a comment

You can’t make this stuff up. In the midst of the pandemic, at a time where abuse and domestic violence are skyrocketing, the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia is now proposing to zero out its budget for sexual misconduct training and prevention. Seriously. The announcement comes as the diocese attempts for

Zeke on Life in exile: When members leave the Episcopal church: “The Episcopal Church has declined by 50% in nine years. I certainly hope some of that is ideological. If we’ve…”

Anglican Watch on The Episcopal Church is still the church of presidents. It’s just that, like the rest of us, the presidents no longer attend. And the church has no street cred to be the engine of anything.: “I am so sorry to learn of your experience. Shutting down your comments is neither Christian, nor acceptable, nor helpful.…”

Deborah Flemming-Chamulak on The Episcopal Church is still the church of presidents. It’s just that, like the rest of us, the presidents no longer attend. And the church has no street cred to be the engine of anything.: “Thank you for your words. I thought I was alone in objecting to “engine of resistance”. Today, on Facebook, a…”

Anglican Watch on Tracking clergy pedophiles after they leave ministry: the missing link in keeping kids safe: “I am so very sorry. We do believe Mullins is deceased, although we have had difficulty confirming this. Also, Mullins…”

S G on Tracking clergy pedophiles after they leave ministry: the missing link in keeping kids safe: “I would personally love to know if he is deceased. I have been in a long term relationship with a…”