Concerned about decline in their churches and neighborhoods but hopeful about the future, a small but influential caucus of clergy and laity from urban Episcopal parishes met in Chicago February 24-27.
The Episcopal Urban Caucus (EUC), founded in 1980, commemorated its 30th year of advocacy in the denomination. Consisting of about 130 members, the caucus exercises an outsized pull in the church, promoting liberal politics and, occasionally, revisionist theology. The caucus has a long and successful record of submitting resolutions at General Convention, in partnership with the larger progressive umbrella group called the Consultation. In 2009, almost every political resolution introduced by the group was adopted.
To err is human, to persist and expand the error, you need a caucus.
Check.