After balloting concluded at the 35th convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska, the eighth bishop of the diocese was elected. The Very Rev. Mark Lattime was elected after delegates from around the state of Alaska prayerfully considered five candidates at their annual convention, held April 8-11, 2010. Ninety-seven delegates met at the Meier Lake Conference Center in Wasilla, Alaska for the electing convention.
He was a member of the [url=http://edr-cglm.episcopalrochester.org/digital_faith/people]Committee for Gay and Lesbian ministries[/url] in the liberal diocese of Rochester. Infer from that what you may. His parish went has had an attendance of about 120 and been fairly constant but dropped to ~105 in 2008. He seems mediocre and solidly revisionist.
I thought their candidate by petition was a lot more interesting, but in his Q/A he also spoke of “problem-solving” and valuing relationship with the Anglican Communion. The answers came off as leaning “right”, and of course we can’t have any of that, even if the candidate is a native Alaskan, self-made businessman and priest with a strong handle on what faces that diocese.
Instead of a vote for what might work, probably yet another Episcopal vote for the Peter Principle. And I am shocked, shocked to find out that there is gambling going on in here…
Ho-Hum…
He is a pilot.
Alaska sure had a mixed experience from 2002 through 2008 with Members down only 4 percent while ASA was down by 21 percent and yet Plate & Pledge adjusted for inflation up 2 percent. Have a lot of small churches with 44 of its 50 having ASA of 70 or less and 28 of these having ASA of 20 or less. And Money appears scarce with 90 percent (45 of 50) of its churches with Plate & Pledge in 2008 below $150K which means that each “rich” church has 9 “poor” churches to help. Actually, 24 of its churches had $10K or less. Difficult to see how a liberal from New York is a good fit. Statmann