“West Missouri has such an openness to serve, whether that’s expressed in radical hospitality, ministry for serving their neighbors, or spreading the gospel.”
The Rt. Rev. John C. Buchanan spearheaded the construction of an affordable retirement community in Kansas City and shepherded Quincy parishes that chose to remain Episcopal into a merger with the Diocese of Chicago.
The Bishop of West Missouri has announced his intention to retire in September 2021, and the Standing Committee has said a canonical mediation process was a partial success.