Episcopalians/Anglicans account for 6.5% of the 115th Congress, and 3.2% of the incoming class. We make up 1% of the general US population, according to the Pew numbers.
This is not a branch of Pentecostalism, or a development of evangelical thought, according to Horton: “It’s another religion.”
Reaching out to the community, and giving the Box its own Facebook page separate from the parish page, helped to establish the ministry as a whole community concern.
One of my on-going projects has been to encourage people to get their estates in order. As part of the work I have done on that topic I have learned how little our personal possessions mean to the friends and family we leave behind.