By Mark Michael Three new bishops, the Rt. Rev. Frank Logue, the Rt. Rev. Poulson Reed, and the Rt. Rev. Craig Loya were consecrated at small socially-distanced services in late May and early June. A petition candidate was added to the slate in the Diocese of Wyoming. The Diocese of Alabama received notice of sufficient consents for its bishop-elect, Rev. Glenda Curry, and … [Read more...] about Bishop Roundup: GA, OK, MN, WY, AL, Upper SC
Archives for June 10, 2020
NYC Rector Faces Reopening Dilemma
By J. Donald Waring On Easter Day 2019, shortly after I finally finished greeting the departing worshippers, our head usher handed me a slip of paper indicating the 11 am attendance. It read 1,000+. Grace Church at Broadway and 10th Street in New York City can seat approximately one-thousand people. So, at some point during the service the ushers simply had stopped … [Read more...] about NYC Rector Faces Reopening Dilemma
Bishop Love to Face Public Disciplinary Hearing
By Kirk Petersen On Friday, June 12, the last remaining American bishop who refuses to permit same-sex marriage in his diocese will face a public disciplinary hearing because of that refusal. If convicted, the Rt. Rev. William H. Love, Bishop of Albany, faces a possible maximum penalty of deposition – the term the Church uses for what is sometimes called defrocking. … [Read more...] about Bishop Love to Face Public Disciplinary Hearing
Podcasts: Part-Time Clergy and Prison Ministry
"Part-Time Is Plenty": Healthy Churches & Part-Time Clergy The Rev. Jeff MacDonald, journalist and UCC pastor, shares what he's learned in his in-depth research of mainline parishes with part-time clergy and shares why vitality doesn't depend on a full-time payroll. Listen here. . . Prison Ministry and COVID-19 Prison chaplain Hannah Bowman … [Read more...] about Podcasts: Part-Time Clergy and Prison Ministry