The US Supreme Court is showing some interest in Mainline Denominations and property disputes. Plus Kevin Kallsen and George Conger discuss Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the signs he may step down after Lambeth 2022.
The US Supreme Court is showing some interest in Mainline Denominations and property disputes. Plus Kevin Kallsen and George Conger discuss Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the signs he may step down after Lambeth 2022.
George mentioned that the CofE wanted to have more ministers to have MBA like training. Several years ago I read an article by a manager who holds an MBA from Harvard. He gave several definitions for MBA. You choose which one the CofE and Justin is after.
Me Before Anyone
Management By Apocalypse
Mediocre But Arrogant
Mighty Big Attitude
Management By Accident
I believe that Fr. George holds an MBA!
I thought we had secret ballots
Seems to me it doesn’t matter who the man is, or his opinions. He’s a slave to the establishment. The higher you go, the less freedom
Arab nations seem to realise now that Iran is the threat, not Israel. Maybe EU and USA will realise too.
When I went to a selection conference in about 1980, one of the selectors kept laughing and saying there must be a Holy Spirit- there is no other explanation for the survival of the C of E given the incompetence of its leaders.
re bishops with business training
One of the things I respect about traditional Anglican training (versus what happens in many Evangelical denominations) is that I believe there is still this lovely antiquated idea that a parish pastor ought to visit the sick and be personally engaged in caring for its members.
Several decades ago Evangelicals went into a rage for following business principles and the result has generally been to delegate pastoral responsibilities to lay committees and to use a marketing framework to establish vision/mission which often means selecting target demographics and altering the worship and programming of the church to that end. The tragedy of this to me is that Christ did not come to seek and save a particularly attractive demographic (e.g. young married professional hipsters), and many who are already on the fringes of society (the elderly, the poor, the sick, singles, etc.), are further alienated in these contexts.
While it makes sense for bishops (and priests) to have some management/administration training, I’d rather see them be men who know and love God and have a heart for the Church than have them be shrewd businessmen. Though perhaps with or without MBAs in many cases that trade was made a long time ago. More’s the pity.