[The Episcopal Church]…is hemorrhaging members. In the last 40 years, the Episcopal Church in the U.S. lost 34 percent of its members and 3.66 percent in the last five. This year it declined 2.36 percent and counts just over 2 million members….<\/p>\n
Jefferts Schori did not give any response about this decline, nor did she comment on the Catholic Church\u2019s outreach to disaffected Episcopalians….<\/p>\n
[Instead she said she] sees encouraging signs. \u201cEngagement in God\u2019s mission looks different in different places, but it usually has something essential to do with Jesus\u2019 own primary acts of service – feeding, healing, and teaching people,\u201d\u009d said Jefferts Schori, mid way though her nine year term. \u201cI also see church members moving out into the community to listen to the deep spiritual questions of the unchurched and dechurched.\u201d\u009d And she\u2019ll find out this Sunday that is also what has revitalized Incarnation.<\/p>\n