Seminary Dean Blasts "Myth" of Episcopal Church Decline
Seminary Dean Blasts "Myth" of Episcopal Church Decline
We need to challenge the narrative despair, says Ian Markham
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
April 30, 2013
The Dean of Virginia Theological Seminary denounced as "untrue" and a "myth" that The Episcopal Church is declining when he addressed delegates to the Diocese of Delaware Convention recently.
The Rev. Dr. Ian Markham said endless stories, [told] over and over about the fact that we're part of the "mainline" and the "mainline" is getting smaller are not true.
"The picture you get in the media is that we (TEC) are among a group called 'mainline' (a very opaque word) and like other mainline churches we are in decline. The other part of this picture is that it has been going on for years. People talk that it all started in the mid-1950's when we were at three and a half million Episcopalians and we're now down to 1,951,907.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
We need to challenge the narrative despair, says Ian Markham
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
April 30, 2013
The Dean of Virginia Theological Seminary denounced as "untrue" and a "myth" that The Episcopal Church is declining when he addressed delegates to the Diocese of Delaware Convention recently.The Rev. Dr. Ian Markham said endless stories, [told] over and over about the fact that we're part of the "mainline" and the "mainline" is getting smaller are not true.
"The picture you get in the media is that we (TEC) are among a group called 'mainline' (a very opaque word) and like other mainline churches we are in decline. The other part of this picture is that it has been going on for years. People talk that it all started in the mid-1950's when we were at three and a half million Episcopalians and we're now down to 1,951,907.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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