Bishop Douglas Scharf: “I’ve lived in Florida most of my life, and I have not seen two storms that have affected a good portion of this part of Florida back-to-back like this.”
The Rt. Rev. Matthew Gunter was installed as bishop on Saturday, October 5, during the inaugural convention of the new Diocese of Wisconsin, now a single entity comprising the former dioceses of Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, and Eau Claire.
The Rev. Canon Chris Ahrends: “It’s time for a form of ‘civil disobedience’ within the church — call it ‘ecclesiastical disobedience’ — by clergy of conscience.”
The Rev. Paul Nesta, rector: “We aren’t here today because a building was consecrated [in the 1950s]. We’re here because a people were consecrated and given good work to advance.”
The Diocese of Sydney’s synod has eliminated a provision of its governance policy that required lay officials of diocesan-affiliated schools and aid agencies to profess their belief in a traditional ethic of sex and marriage.
“This is the worst flooding that we have seen and it’s the worst flooding that this structure will have seen,” said the Very Rev. Sarah Hurlbert, dean of Asheville's Cathedral of All Souls.
Vanderbilt offered few details about its plans, which are pending approval from various regulatory bodies, though the deal builds on the university’s existing presence in the city.
The conference drew 220 clergy and laypeople from 30 countries and 28 provinces, under the theme “Leading Safer Churches: Power and Vulnerability in Church Life.”
Bishop Joey Royal: “The main problem with the ACoC it that for decades it has been ‘reimagining’ itself into the image of the prevailing culture, and not the gospel. More ‘reimagining’ will only make it worse.”
Seven Virginia churches are strengthening their relationships with an Episcopal school in rural Haiti, despite four years of pandemic, gang violence, and political unrest that have prevented in-person travel to the island nation.
