We, the bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, wholeheartedly support the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and the statement he shared from the streets of Canterbury 

We, the bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, the Rt. Rev. Anne E. Hodges-Copple and the Rt. Rev. Peter J. Lee, wholeheartedly support the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and the statement he shared from the streets of Canterbury this morning. We are grateful he has such courage of presence and clarity of proclamation at a difficult time within the Anglican Communion. The Episcopal Church is still part of the Anglican Communion; still a beloved and faithful member of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. That is result of baptism, not a vote. This is a time for all the baptized to remember there is one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism. We are not saved by being “right” or “wrong,” we are saved by grace. We are saved by the daily forgiveness of sins – known and unknown. Forgiveness for things done and left undone. The grace to go forward together, even with our unhappy divisions. Perhaps during this time where we are experiencing distance from ones we also love, we can pray together in the words of the Psalmist: