The Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester cannot receive enough votes from standing committees in the Episcopal Church to be consecrated as bishop of Northern Michigan, according to a tally kept by an Arkansas reporter who has been in contact with all 110 dioceses as well as the Convocation in Europe.
The real questions underlying our state budget deliberations are: How will we make possible for every Ohioan the opportunity to engage in work that makes a contribution to society and provides income sufficient to support family and household? How will we take care that no child will go to bed hungry or go to school without the preschool preparation necessary to learn and grow?
It has always been the committee’s intention to publish the names of the panel when the work has reached the appropriate stage. We believe that for a season the work can best be accomplished by allowing the panel to work in confidence.
UPDATED The House of Bishops Theology Committee is refusing to release the names of members of a sub-committee it has appointed to study same-sex relationships. The existence of the panel was first reported in the Blue Book, which is prepared before each General Convention. However, Bishop Henry Parsley of Alabama, chair of the committee has refused several requests to disclose the names of its members.
Bishop Rivera, suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Olympia, has been asked to serve as a part-time provisional bishop in the Diocese of Eastern Oregon. Eastern Oregon has been without a bishop since the resignation of Bishop William Gregg in 2007.
We have stopped charting every twist and turn in the Rev. Kevin Thew Forrester’s saga, but the decison of the Bishop and Standing Committee of the Diocese of Los Angeles to withhold consent to his election is a serious blow to his chances of being confirmed. .
Last night Bishop Gene Robinson was one of several panelists discussing gay marriage on Larry King Live.
The Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson, bishop of New Hampshire sends this note: Just a quick message to alert you that I will appear on the
Bishop Hollingsworth spoke recently at an interfaith service of thanksgiving for Domestic Partner Registry in Cleveland. His remarks are now available.
Search profiles the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori and recounts the story of her movement from a career in science to her vocation in the