(RNS) — Sean Rowe, the newly installed presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, knows a thing or two about austerity.
Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe speaks following his election during the Episcopal Church General Convention in Louisville, Ky., June 26, 2024. Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe delivers a sermon at the closing Eucharist service of the Episcopal Church General Convention, June 28, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe speaks following his election during the Episcopal Church General Convention in Louisville, Ky., June 26, 2024.
Rowe, who has a Ph.D. in organizational learning and leadership, has already talked about cutting back the church’s hierarchy and moving resources down the ladder to church ministries.saying the mission of the church — striving for justice and peace, and protecting the dignity of every human being — would continue.
You’ve talked a lot about structural realignment. What does that mean and what do you envision it will look like? Our denominational structure would begin to focus its resources and its time and energy in local ministry on the ground. The Episcopal Church has a particular view of the Kingdom of God that is at odds with predominant cultural views, which sees the Kingdom of God as over others, as judgmental, as partisan. We have a very different understanding. And I’m hoping to make that relevant to the world in new ways. It happens by creating an organization that is flat and more able to quickly adapt.
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