The Living Church, reporting on some of the housekeeping details taken care of at the Executive Council, pulls out the news that income is down
The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church’s General Convention ended its four day meeting in Michigan on Sunday. The Executive Council took a number of actions during its meeting, including a slight rebuke to the House of Bishops taking an action beyond its authority, agreeing to commit the Episcopal Church to remaining in the Anglican Covenant process and agreeing to fund the re-organization process for the Church Center that a task force had proposed.
In addition to calling for the Primate’s request to the House of Bishops to be rejected, Executive Council warned the dioceses that have changed their constitutions and by-laws to weaken their ascession to the Episcopal Church that they have overstepped their bounds.
It is our most earnest hope that we continue to walk with our Anglican brothers and sisters in the journey we share together in God’s mission. We believe The Episcopal Church can only offer who we are, with openness, honesty, integrity, and faithfulness, and our commitment never to choose to walk apart.
Executive Council set to reject Primatial Vicar Scheme, says that “the only thing we really have to offer in … relationship is who we are — a community of committed Christians seeking God’s will for our common life.”
Episcopal Life Online reports on the second day of the Executive Council meeting, which they spent touring the newly renovated Church Center at 815 Second
Executive Council members held a private conversation yesterday on the Draft Report of the Response to the Primates’ Communique.
The Executive Council has a full agenda for its meeting in Parsipanny, NJ, June 11-14. Responses will be made to the House of Bishops resolutions and the Communique requests. On the agenda will be responses to Episcopal profits from slavery, the Farm Bill currently before Congress, how to reach out to members of dioceses in places where the leadership is looking at leaving the Episcopal Church and a visit with Davis Mac Iyalla, the leader of Changing Attitude Nigeria (CAN).