Parishioners are disaffected, clergy are confused and our bishops cannot collectively lead the faithful and will not defend the faith. Your kingdom has been divided. Schism is no longer a mere threat, but a de facto reality. Time will tell whether electing our new presiding bishop, streamlining structure, tightening disciplinary canons and applying more Band-Aids can keep the two sides together. I sincerely hope so, but the tension is mounting.
Several things seem almost certain.
Two, as news leaks out of what transpired at Convention, both rectors and bishops will do damage control and the national Church will continue feeling the financial pinch. Three, Establishment structures will grow increasingly defensive while alternative structures grow, coalesce and begin to discipline themselves for the defense of the faith and the advance of the kingdom. Meanwhile, reveille sounds in two increasingly divergent camps, each claiming a lineage dating back to our Church's founding in Philadelphia. Designed by Ted Slater .