Episcopal Press and News

Press Alert: Special House of Bishops Meeting in Kanuga

Episcopal News Service. March 5, 1992 [92061]

The House of Bishops is holding a special meeting, March 9-13, at the Kanuga Conference Center in North Carolina. Following the meeting, the Episcopal News Service and Episcopal Life will meet with the presiding bishop and several bishops he has appointed for a debriefing. ENS will fax a news story to diocesan editors (and post it on Epinet) on the Friday afternoon following the debriefing. A full news story will appear in the regular edition of the news service on March 20.

Interest in the meeting is running high in the church. Bishop Sam Hulsey of Northwest Texas, who is chair of arrangements for the meeting, said that response to the presiding bishop's invitation has been "tremendous," with a total of 158 bishops so far registered to attend.

Hulsey also expressed some concern that the church is expecting too much from the meeting. "Don't expect us to make a quick pronouncement on all the issues facing this church," he said in an interview. "This is an important listening time for us, not a time for simple solutions."

Hulsey said that the meeting, which stems from some misunderstandings at the House of Bishops meeting at last summer's General Convention, will seek some clarity around issues such as collegiality. "We are working on how we can relate to each other as bishops -- and take our proper leadership position in the mission and ministry of this church."