There’s a great article today on my buddy Dee’s blog, The Wartburg Watch, in which Providence Presbyterian, a PCA church, tries to excommunicate a former member because it didn’t like his Facebook posts. In other words, it tries to pull… Read More »
When an Episcopal church initiates a search for a new rector, one of the things it typically does is to complete an OTM profile. OTM stands for Office of Transition Ministry, and the latter maintains an online database for candidates,… Read More »
In previous posts, I’ve written about my belief that Grace Episcopal Alexandria is a toxic family system that suffers from organizational narcissism. But what is the connection between narcissistic clergy and narcissistic churches? How does one lead to another? Experts… Read More »
It’s official: My petition now has more signers than the diocese has in Average Sunday Attendance, or ASA, pre-COVID. ASA is drawn from official church statistics as published by the national church for 2018. Data for 2019 should be released… Read More »
The wife of a prominent local clergyperson, and friend of mine, once shared with me some wisdom derived from almost 50 years of serving different churches. Her comment: “There are two types of clergy: Ones who want to serve you,… Read More »