The Pew Research report reveals the need for Episcopalians to escape a largely white, progressive, and highly educated enclave and re-center our mission and our self-narrative.
The fourth article of the Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral speaks about bishops. Maybe it should also say something about parishes, local congregations where people come to faith in Jesus.
In the Church we are becoming, the Eucharist will no longer be our front door, but rather something that follows connection, evangelization, formation, and initiation.
The church’s unity, holiness, catholicity, and apostolic foundation flow from God’s promises, are brought to reality in Christ's redemptive work, and are enlivened by the Holy Spirit.
The Episcopal Church is unlikely to experience renewal because of immigration or procreation. What we need is a new breed of courageous missionaries willing to be a gospel presence.
Despite a painful sense of estrangement due to American public policy, the Episcopal churches of Europe resolve a deeper commitment to the ministry of reconciliation.
