Pastoral Letter from the Bishop
Dear friends,
I attach below an important pastoral letter from Bishop Mark Edington regarding the present state and future of All Saints Amsterdam. At this time, I will refrain from further comment, except to ask you to read it, considering well both his teaching and his recommendations.
The recommendations the bishop makes will go to the Committee on Mission Congregations and the Council of Advice. The COMC meets tomorrow, and I will be in touch again afterward about what this means concretely.
As the WhatsApp channel has become a rather toxic and unhelpful medium, I take the Convocation’s suggestion of disabling user posts for the time being. You may feel free to reach out to me directly if you would like to talk.
Friends, whatever else you may think or feel, please pray for one another.
Blessings,
Kyle+
![to feel as though you are being deprived of that hope. I believe with all my heart, as I said while
I was there, that there is both the need for the witness of this church in Amsterdam, and the will
to bring it about. But a community in which the trading of accusations is regarded as acceptable
discourse is not such a church, and for the sake of those who have come with good will and
genuine hope to create such a Christian community of the Episcopal Church I cannot allow it
to continue. My fervent prayer is that in some future day a path will be opened to us to respond
anew to God’s call in mission there, and I am eager to work to make that possible.
Faithfully in Christ,
The Right Reverend Mark D. W. Edington
Bishop of the Convocation
cc: Audrey Jolivet–Habiby, Chair, Committeee on Mission Congregations
Ward Greenberg, President, Council of Advice
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