Bishop Goff's Reflection on Abortion and Reproductive Health

May - August 2019 Lion's Tale

Interfaith Leaders Implore Trump, McConnell and Pelosi to End Shutdown

January - April 2019 Lion's Tale

Update from the Standing Committee on the Bishop Provisional Process

Dear Diocesan Family:

The Standing Committee has worked diligently with the Presiding Bishop's Office since August 3, 2018 to identify a candidate to serve as our Bishop Provisional. The requirements for a previously consecrated, experienced bishop who would not reach age 72 before the end of the proposed term, and who would be willing to move to Virginia quickly for a term-limited position, made the pool of potential candidates a small one. Our hope was that we would be able to present a name to the Convention for election. We interviewed some outstanding candidates, but those bishops have concluded, through their own discernment processes, that they could not come to Virginia at this time.