By Kirk Petersen She was offered a basketball scholarship to Auburn University, but turned it down to go to a tiny Mississippi college. She was admitted to law school, but turned it down to enter the discernment process for priesthood. Having served nearly nine years as canon to the ordinary in the Diocese of Louisiana, she had an opportunity for a promotion when her … [Read more...] about Canon to the Ordinary Moves Up in Louisiana Election
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Clark to Be Consecrated a Bishop Despite 2021 Stroke
By Kirk Petersen More than a year after her consecration as Bishop of Chicago was pre-empted by a stroke, the Rev. Paula Clark has a new consecration date: September 17. Consecrations always are joyous occasions, but this one will be epic. Two weeks before she was scheduled to kneel as a priest and stand up as a bishop, Clark suffered a stroke related to an arteriovenous … [Read more...] about Clark to Be Consecrated a Bishop Despite 2021 Stroke
Atheist Turned Evangelist To Lead Diocese of Florida
By Kirk Petersen He was an atheist frat boy at a party school when he found his way back to church in his junior year. Now he's a bishop-elect in one of the Episcopal Church's most conservative dioceses. The Rev. Charlie Holt, currently a priest at a huge Texas church, was chosen on the third ballot May 14 as bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Florida. The election at … [Read more...] about Atheist Turned Evangelist To Lead Diocese of Florida
General Convention Slashed to the Bone
By Kirk Petersen After a single meeting, the ad hoc group appointed to consider pandemic-related changes has wasted no time in cutting the already-delayed 80th General Convention to a bare minimum. There are many decisions still to be made, and nothing is official until the Executive Council meets June 5. But the presiding officers of both legislative bodies have approved … [Read more...] about General Convention Slashed to the Bone
3 African Primates Explain Lambeth Boycott
By Mark Michael The primates of three of Africa’s largest Anglican churches, who claim to represent nearly half of the Anglican Communion’s global membership, issued an open letter May 6 explaining that their decision not to participate in the March Primates’ Meeting or the July Lambeth Conference is rooted in the unwillingness of the Communion’s leaders to take decisive … [Read more...] about 3 African Primates Explain Lambeth Boycott
Australian Bishops Block Traditional Marriage Resolution
By Robyn Douglass Correspondent The Anglican Church of Australia's General Synod has narrowly failed to endorse a motion declaring that marriage is exclusively between men and women. At its meeting on the Gold Coast, a three-hour debate on May 11 was followed by the tightest of votes, and the response was tears, anguish and a suspension of business for the day. General … [Read more...] about Australian Bishops Block Traditional Marriage Resolution
New: 5/22 TLC Online
The May 22 Retirement issue of The Living Church is available online to registered subscribers. In our cover story, Simon Cotton continues his tour of ancient UK church architecture, finding a 12th-century structure and yew trees from the time of Christ at Pennant Melangell, three miles up a one-lane road in Wales. In News, Kirk Petersen describes the first trickle of … [Read more...] about New: 5/22 TLC Online
Panel Seeks to Make GC Recommendations Swiftly
By Kirk Petersen The working group focused on restructuring the July General Convention expects to make some initial recommendations next week, and to complete its work by May 31, said the Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, co-chair of what has been named the Presiding Officers' General Convention Design Group. Along with co-chair Bryan Krislock of the House of Deputies, Rowe will lead … [Read more...] about Panel Seeks to Make GC Recommendations Swiftly