The New York Episcopalian was chosen from a pool of 121 applicants, and is CFO and general counsel to a nonprofit focused on supporting people with mental-health challenges.
The 14 terminations and 16 early retirements help the church center shift from a staff of 143 to 110 and save the church approximately $2.13 million per year in personnel costs, surpassing savings goals set by General Convention.
Major goals include practical assistance with crisis communication, Title IV, and faster bishop searches, as well as a “reinvention” of General Convention.
PB Rowe: “Our true power lies not in me making a barrage of statements, or in us collectively reacting to every outrage that the world presents … [but] in a churchwide structure rooted in Christ and in the kingdom principles that can make a strong and effective witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Insight Global’s study revealed a passion for the church’s mission among church center staff coupled, with an organizational culture plagued by territoriality and resistance to change. Bishops reported that support from the church center was poorly defined, and that they were especially in need of more support in handling Title IV matters, evangelism, and crisis communications.
The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe will be installed as the 28th Presiding Bishop in a “smaller, simpler” ceremony in the Episcopal Church Center's Chapel of Christ the Lord.
The Rev. Molly James, dean of formation for the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, has been appointed deputy executive officer of the General Convention.
