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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry's (@pb_curry) comments to House of Bishops on July 9 #GC80
In a proposed Mind of the House resolution on Saturday, July 9, The Episcopal Church House of Bishops addressed many threats to democracy and deep divisions in the United States, including the rise of Christian nationalism.
The @JenniferBB , bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis, asked Presiding Bishop Michael Curry what he wants the agenda of the Episcopal bishops to be.
This is how he responded:
This is how he responded:
Friends when we get to the consent calendar, I, as part of the Christian Formation and Discipleship committee, ask that you consider voting to remove A063 from the consent calendar. 1/#gc80
The cmte 16 rec on the resolution is an end run around the due process of the House. A063’s substitute is a copy of D096, which we voted to refer to the next GC because this work deeply matters-is Gospel work-and this convention does not have the time available to perfect it. 2/
The means matter. The process that allows a committee that has not received a resolution to take a resolution from another committee and make it their own technically follows the rules, but does so in a way that is contrary to our aspirations for the life of the church. 3/
Here we go #gc80 
(Clarifying that this is my at home test before heading to the airport for General Convention)
Pretty sky during boarding… but we’re just now getting going. This flight is full of children and low in masks 😒
