An Open Letter to the Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church is dying. This is a common opening sentence in many, if not most, articles about The Episcopal Church (TEC). The sad fact of the matter is that this sentence is not an exaggeration. It is the cold hard reality. However, while this sentence represents the reality of TEC - a reality that is as concrete as it is dire - it seems, at least from my limited point of view, that few folks in church leadership seem to care. As a matter of fact, it seems that willful ignorance is the attitude held regarding this reality. This reality - the reality that TEC will cease to exist as a viable denomination by 2050 (some estimates now post-COVID put that year at 2040) - is not even a point of discussion at diocesan or national church levels; if it is, it is done on the sly, silent whispers in back rooms as if this topic is a lurid secret that needs to remain hidden. There is no sense of urgency or even acknowledgement that our church is no longer the body it once was, but an ...