{"id":21937,"date":"2010-09-20T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/pennsylvania_episcopal_bishops_return_puts_church_in_a_quandary\/"},"modified":"2010-09-20T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T15:00:10","slug":"pennsylvania_episcopal_bishops_return_puts_church_in_a_quandary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=21937","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Episcopal Bishop&#39;s return puts church in a quandary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His wish now to serve out his time as diocesan bishop &#8220;is not an ego trip,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think I&#8217;d always regret that I did not finish what I started.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What he hopes to achieve is vague, but seems to revolve around preparing his diocese for a new era of Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Episcopal Church is a small but great church,&#8221; he said. But with fewer young people identifying themselves by denomination or attending church, Christianity must look toward a &#8220;deinstitutionalized&#8221; model of faith.<\/p>\n<p>Denominations, including his own, should build partnerships and share resources, he said &#8211; not compete for members, prop up failing congregations, or hold on to vacant buildings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/inquirer\/local\/20100919_Bishop_s_return_puts_church_in_a_quandary.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His wish now to serve out his time as diocesan bishop &#8220;is not an ego trip,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think I&#8217;d always regret that I did not finish what I started.&#8221; What he hopes to achieve is vague, but seems<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=21937\">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":[36,66,372,376,645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-tec-bishops","category-tec-conflicts","category-tec-conflicts-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21937","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=21937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}