The Episcopal Church for The 21st Century: The Continuing Gift of Insanity
The Episcopal Church for The 21st Century: The Continuing Gift of Insanity
By Ladson F. Mills
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
March 23, 2012
The Episcopal Church has become the personification for what my friends in AA call the definition of insanity; repeating the same behavior over and over again and expecting a different result.
In a denomination which has become accustomed to bad news the news grows progressively worse. The Washington Cathedral is a potential casualty following a year that has marked the closings of at least three diocesan cathedrals. Trinity Church Wall Street, arguably the wealthiest single parish in the world, finds itself on the receiving end of unflattering articles concerning finances and its relationship with the rector. Its enormous wealth and prestige has failed to protect it from the collective angst now permeating the Episcopal Church.
In 2000 Jan Nunley, then communications officer for the Diocese of Rhode Island wrote an article admitting the 1990's Decade of Evangelism was more like a Decade of Factionalism. What began with a whimper had ended with a sigh. A further effort by the church to establish a goal of significant growth by 2020 can only be viewed as having been received with a collective yawn. One cannot thrive when the challenge is how does one survive.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Ladson F. Mills
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
March 23, 2012
The Episcopal Church has become the personification for what my friends in AA call the definition of insanity; repeating the same behavior over and over again and expecting a different result.In a denomination which has become accustomed to bad news the news grows progressively worse. The Washington Cathedral is a potential casualty following a year that has marked the closings of at least three diocesan cathedrals. Trinity Church Wall Street, arguably the wealthiest single parish in the world, finds itself on the receiving end of unflattering articles concerning finances and its relationship with the rector. Its enormous wealth and prestige has failed to protect it from the collective angst now permeating the Episcopal Church.
In 2000 Jan Nunley, then communications officer for the Diocese of Rhode Island wrote an article admitting the 1990's Decade of Evangelism was more like a Decade of Factionalism. What began with a whimper had ended with a sigh. A further effort by the church to establish a goal of significant growth by 2020 can only be viewed as having been received with a collective yawn. One cannot thrive when the challenge is how does one survive.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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