You may have heard about events surrounding St. Christopher’s, Spartanburg. Recently, many members of the vestry resigned, and the Rev’d George Gray, Rector, indicated to the Bishop that he was unable to continue serving. In response to these events, Bishop Henderson returned the parish to Mission status, and named the Rev’d Michael Bullock, Canon to the Ordinary, Priest-In-Charge. Bishop Henderson also inhibited the Rev’d Gray. If you would like to learn more about this, details are available on the diocesan website: www.edusc.org.

I visited St. Christopher’s a couple of times when we were living in Spartanburg. It is one of the most beautiful contemporary churches I know. I also have friends on staff there. This has been in process for a long time, and St. Chris’s has been a parish in trouble, for a number of reasons for a very long time, too. Let us pray that from this deep wound will emerge healing and new vitality in that place.

There is also increasing news as we look forward to the Lambeth Conference in July. Some bishops and provinces (notably Uganda) have declared that they will not be attending Lambeth and conservatives are organizing an alternative, known as GAFCON, which will take place in June. Stay tuned–things may get interesting, if you don’t find it all rather boring by now.