QUITO, Ecuador:Dysfunctional Episcopal Church HOB Meets in Dysfunctional Diocese
QUITO, Ecuador: Dysfunctional Episcopal Church HOB Meets in Dysfunctional Diocese
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
September 19, 2011
The Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador is split and unable to elect a bishop. See story here: http://tinyurl.com/6cq4r7f A bishop who resides in Latin America told VOL in June of this year that there have been seven or more years of disastrous activities and choices going on in the Episcopal Church's Ecuador Central diocese. Bishop Luis Fernando Ruiz, who has served as diocesan bishop since August 2009, is considered a bad egg nobody wants. "Luis Ruiz came in with a heavy hand but after a bad general convention in which he was appointed, he split the diocese again, that is, what was left of it. There is no unity, no desire to work together. There are lots of little continuing Anglican groups. There is an entire contingent of 10,000 Quechuas in Riobamba searching for somewhere to land. It is really bad. The diocese is in complete meltdown."
So, in its supreme wisdom, The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori decided that all 116 bishops of The Episcopal Church with their wives and partners (note the partners bit) must descend upon this tiny Ecuadoran enclave of 23 Congregations, 2,153 Active Baptized Members, and an Average Sunday Attendance ASA of 1,323. What for? To hold the latest Episcopal soiree and to discuss such profound issues as flooding in Vermont, fires in Texas, recovery efforts in Japan, the latest from Haiti, the famine in Somalia and other parts of Africa with Jefferts Schori pointedly telling her HOB they could send money to ERD (as if they didn't already know that).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
September 19, 2011
The Episcopal Diocese of Ecuador is split and unable to elect a bishop. See story here: http://tinyurl.com/6cq4r7f A bishop who resides in Latin America told VOL in June of this year that there have been seven or more years of disastrous activities and choices going on in the Episcopal Church's Ecuador Central diocese. Bishop Luis Fernando Ruiz, who has served as diocesan bishop since August 2009, is considered a bad egg nobody wants. "Luis Ruiz came in with a heavy hand but after a bad general convention in which he was appointed, he split the diocese again, that is, what was left of it. There is no unity, no desire to work together. There are lots of little continuing Anglican groups. There is an entire contingent of 10,000 Quechuas in Riobamba searching for somewhere to land. It is really bad. The diocese is in complete meltdown."So, in its supreme wisdom, The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori decided that all 116 bishops of The Episcopal Church with their wives and partners (note the partners bit) must descend upon this tiny Ecuadoran enclave of 23 Congregations, 2,153 Active Baptized Members, and an Average Sunday Attendance ASA of 1,323. What for? To hold the latest Episcopal soiree and to discuss such profound issues as flooding in Vermont, fires in Texas, recovery efforts in Japan, the latest from Haiti, the famine in Somalia and other parts of Africa with Jefferts Schori pointedly telling her HOB they could send money to ERD (as if they didn't already know that).
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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