{"id":17760,"date":"2010-02-06T22:46:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T22:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/utah_episcopalians_spell_out_what_they_want_in_new_bishop\/"},"modified":"2010-02-06T22:46:14","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T22:46:14","slug":"utah_episcopalians_spell_out_what_they_want_in_new_bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=17760","title":{"rendered":"Utah Episcopalians spell out what they want in new bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Among other attributes, she or he must have found grace in personal failure, an experience that can make one a better leader, Tendick says. &#8220;We&#8217;re hoping the applicants have dealt with failure in a way that has helped them to grow and learn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One&#8217;s response to failure also can be a barometer of humility, which undergirds many of the other attributes Episcopalians are looking for in a leader, he says.<\/p>\n<p>Among those listed are: a love for sharing the story of Jesus Christ and embracing the guidance<\/p>\n<p>of the Holy Spirit; compassion; integrity; communication skills; welcoming of diversity; experience with rural and remote populations; and a willingness to learn about Western and LDS cultures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/features\/ci_14334140\" title=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/features\/ci_14334140\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Update<\/b>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/documents\/ASA_by_Province_and_Diocese_1998-2008.pdf\">According to National Church statistics<\/a>, the Average Sunday Attendance of the Diocese of Utah has gone from 1,924 in 1998 to 1,612 in 2008, a decline of 16%.<\/p>\n<p><b>Another update<\/b>: The U.S. Census calculates that Utah had a population of 2,233,169 in 2000 and as of 2009 now has 2,784,572, a growth of 24.69%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among other attributes, she or he must have found grace in personal failure, an experience that can make one a better leader, Tendick says. &#8220;We&#8217;re hoping the applicants have dealt with failure in a way that has helped them to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=17760\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,66,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-tec-bishops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}