[Bishop Wallis Ohl] has had his challenges, not the least of which is the national church’s continuing quarrel with other Anglican…[provinces] over [the] consecration of practicing homosexuals as bishops.<\/p>\n
Such issues do not stay at the national level. The diocese has filed a lawsuit in San Angelo to keep church property of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, which is being disputed by a dissenting congregation that has left the Episcopal Church.<\/p>\n
“It doesn’t matter what the issue is,” Ohl said. “We’re going to have something to argue about as long as we have human beings. How do we treat one another in the midst of all that is, for me, more important than anything else – as brothers and sisters in the Lord or with ‘no, not as long as you disagree with me.’ ”<\/p>\n
Whether a bishop agrees or disagrees with decisions made by the majority of fellow bishops, his or her task is that of peace maker and preserver of the diocese, and thus, the church.<\/p>\n