Episcopal Church Bishops Admit Their Church is in Decline
Episcopal Church Bishops Admit Their Church is in Decline
The Episcopal Church and the Protestant mainline in America today going through a normal "paschal pattern" -- a dying and a rising - says former Presiding Bishop
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 14, 2011
In a recent interview, former Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold said The Episcopal Church is "going through its wilderness period." In an interview with Faith and Leadership, he made the statement that TEC may be going through its desert period.
"Maybe this is the desert time. For the Episcopal Church and mainline Protestantism, this may be a wilderness period, a time of being shaped, formed and made ready to enter the Promised Land, said Griswold.
The Episcopal Church and the Protestant mainline in America today may be going through a normal "paschal pattern" -- a dying and a rising -- that all churches go through said Griswold. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. "There's an arrogance and a self-confidence that is shattered by things falling apart, but beneath the church's many challenges is an invitation to deeper wisdom, a hidden grace that leads to new insight, wisdom and resurrection.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
The Episcopal Church and the Protestant mainline in America today going through a normal "paschal pattern" -- a dying and a rising - says former Presiding Bishop
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 14, 2011
"Maybe this is the desert time. For the Episcopal Church and mainline Protestantism, this may be a wilderness period, a time of being shaped, formed and made ready to enter the Promised Land, said Griswold.
The Episcopal Church and the Protestant mainline in America today may be going through a normal "paschal pattern" -- a dying and a rising -- that all churches go through said Griswold. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. "There's an arrogance and a self-confidence that is shattered by things falling apart, but beneath the church's many challenges is an invitation to deeper wisdom, a hidden grace that leads to new insight, wisdom and resurrection.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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