Breaking news out of Alexandria Va.: Anglican Watch is putting the Episcopal General Convention in charge of answering that question for the ages — how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Here are the details: For starters, we’ll need to involve about 10,000 people. Nothing worse than poorly
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Ending the lie: The Episcopal church is not a democracy
One of the significant impediments to change in the Episcopal church is when members, wittingly or unwittingly, share fabrications about the church. And one of the most blatant fabrications is the notion that the Episcopal church is a democracy. It is not. For starters, once elected, bishops have almost no
Continue readingSven vanBaars returns to general convention, refuses to follow church canons
Sven vanBaars, rector of the Episcopal parish in Abingdon Va. and a Title IV intake officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, has again been elected as a delegate to general convention. This occurred despite strenuous opposition from abuse survivors, who object to vanBaars’ refusal to follow church disciplinary canons
Continue readingOp-ed: Decision to hold in-person general convention is a disaster
In Episcopal Church governance circles, it is well known that there has been a massive wave of resignations of representatives to the House of Delegates, which will meet at the church’s upcoming 80th General Convention (GC), to be held in Baltimore. Those resignations, which are largely due to fear of
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