As it relates to the Church as a whole we are dealing with issues that one would never have imagined, and as a nation we have encountered what virtually no one would have predicted, namely an attack on our very own soil. The responses to being attacked vary; we can ignore them, we can say that they do not affect me, and we can incorporate into our soul the fears, doubts and uncertainties that come with the trauma of being attacked.

Of serious concern and challenge for all Episcopalians is Reno’s contention that Bishops are now a sign of the disunity of the church. This raises a very important question, “Do we really need Bishops?”

Setting out an Answer this Question

The commission was asked to look at the future shape of the worldwide Anglican church, a loose federation of national churches accurately described recently by Frank Griswold, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A., as a “nonjuridical reality.” The question the commission has been asked to consider is “how to maintain the highest degree of communion possible” in the light of Griswold’s decision -- taken against the express pleas of the Anglican primates -- to consecrate an act

Not only that, the prelates were joined by the Rev. David Moyer, head of the Episcopal Church traditionalist organization, Forward in Faith, North America; and the Rev. David Chislett, Vice President of Forward in Faith-Australia.