Buried in here is this tidbit about how serious and committed The Episcopal Church's (tm) is to the development of an Anglican Covenant:
".....surprised and pleased with the depth of the responses to the questions in the study guide on a draft of an Anglican Covenant.
Among the responses, 201 came from the laity, 100 from priests and deacons, 64 from organizations and groups including General Convention deputations, 27 from parishes, and 18 from bishops. The stack of responses is about three inches high and they range from one-sentence replies to each of the guide's questions to 10-page replies.
The comments are meant to help Council create a response to the draft covenant at its October meeting in Detroit, Michigan.
"The drafting committee will be informed by these responses but will not be constrained by them," Ballentine said, adding that the sub-committee will urge the drafting group to consider stances taken by previous meetings of General Convention about issues that are now included in the draft covenant."
Wait a minute. Out of some 7,000 parishes we got... what? 27 responses? Out of some 2.3 million members.... 201 responses? And you're pleased with that?? I mean, nothing says "committed" like .0038 percent of your parishes responding.
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