By Kirk Petersen To the surprise of nobody, the 2021 General Convention has been officially postponed until July 2022, still in Baltimore. Church leadership signaled in June that this was the most likely outcome. Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry and President of the House of Deputies Gay Clark Jennings announced June 5 that "We have concluded with regret that we must … [Read more...] about 2021 General Convention Postponed Until 2022
Archives for November 20, 2020
Bishops Point to Errors in Hearing Panel Decision
By Kirk Petersen The Hearing Panel that found the Bishop of Albany guilty of violating his vows made two errors of fact in publishing their decision, according to two bishops who co-sponsored Resolution B012, the 2018 General Convention resolution that mandated the availability of same-sex marriage rites in every diocese where such marriages are legal. The Rt. Rev. … [Read more...] about Bishops Point to Errors in Hearing Panel Decision
New CPG Tool Enhances Clergy Compensation Report
By Kirk Petersen Church Pension Group issued its annual survey of clergy compensation for 2019 in an interactive format for the first time this year, and ecclesial data geeks can have a field day with it. The new survey is the first major milestone in CPG's efforts to fulfill four compensation-related resolutions from the 2018 General Convention, to help determine pay … [Read more...] about New CPG Tool Enhances Clergy Compensation Report
Persistent
By Sarah Cornwell A Reading from the Gospel of Luke 18:1-818 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my opponent.’ 4For a while he refused; … [Read more...] about Persistent