“If we’re honest with each other and ourselves, we know that we cannot continue to be the Episcopal Church in the same way, no matter where we live,” he said to the House of Deputies just after that body confirmed his election by the church’s House of Bishops.
He also told the deputies he will be committed to expanding on Curry’s commitments to “creation care,” as well as evangelism and racial reconciliation.
“(W)hat about our idolatry of structures and practices that exclude and diminish our witness?” he asked during his sermon at the closing Eucharist service of the Episcopal Church General Convention on Friday (June 28) in Louisville, Kentucky. “We have to get it together. That’s going to mean laying some things down. The struggle ahead will require a tolerance for uncertainty, a willingness to make real sacrifices.”
Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe delivers a sermon at the closing Eucharist service of the Episcopal Church General Convention on Friday, June 28, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Randall Gornowich)
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