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Columns::November 17, 2003
Weekly Reader
Book examines Episcopal paradox
Written by William Sachs, director of research at the Episcopal Church Foundation, and Thomas Holland, director of UGA’s
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$24.95
Church Publishing Inc. |
Institute for Nonprofit Organizations, Restoring the Ties that Bind draws on more than 2,500 discussions with Episcopalians in focus groups and personal interviews as part of the Episcopal Church Foundation’s Zacchaeus project.
Sachs and Holland conclude that there is a paradox in the Episcopal church. At the local congregational level there is considerable vitality. This vitality, however, is in marked contrast to the sense of crisis that exists within the hierarchy of the church. Using stories from across the country, they also argue that those other crises that have been spelling Episcopal doom for decades (Prayer Book revision, ordination of women and full inclusion of homosexuals) tend to get worked out at the local level in ways that strengthen, rather than weaken, the ties of community.
The researchers decided that church members were animated by discoveries being made in their personal journeys of faith, they were concerned about ways in which they could more effectively pursue ministry, and they were worrying about nurturing their children--the future leaders of the church. |
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