Women Bishops Divisive Within Church Of England — A Woman Has Led U.S. Episcopalians Since 2006
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The church of England, whose leadership meets this week, is split over the issue of whether women there ought to become bishops.
It’s hard to believe this issue is still divisive, or an issue. Women have been bishops in the U.S. Episcopal church since 1988 and the church in the United States has been led since 2006 — for a nine-year term — by the Rev. Katherine Jefferts Schori, a former oceanographer and instrument-rated pilot; her only child, a daughter, is a pilot in the Air Force.
Only three domestic dioceses still refuse to ordain women as priests.
I belong to the Episcopal church — “episcope” is Greek for bishop. One of the reasons this denomination feels like the right fit for me is the power of women to lead congregations, local, regional and national. It will be interesting to see how the Church of England grapples with this.
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I sometimes wonder if Jesus isn’t hanging out somewhere shaking his head and saying “Can’t they think of ANYTHING better to do than quibble over gender, sexual orientation and other trivia? Like, trying to make peace, or bring justice, little things like that I used to talk about?”
I agree!