"Being a bishop also allowed me to witness firsthand how the knowledge acquired by seminarians might or might not serve them in the field after graduation," he wrote.

Elliot's latest statistics report was submitted to General Synod this summer but was not put on the agenda for discussion. It includes figures for 2019-2021, intended to compare pre- and post-pandemic data. These show the number of workers employed by parishes down 17 per cent, the number of people on parish rolls down 14 per cent and even more dramatic declines in the numbers of baptisms, confirmations, weddings and funerals (down 56, 71, 44 and 24 per cent respectively) from 2019 to 2021.

Williams' failure to discipline errant Western provinces following the passage of Lambeth Resolution 1:10 sat in the craw of the growing vibrant Global South even as they grew and expanded. Pushback came at subsequent Lambeth conferences, heightened by the announcement that the Mother Church - the Church of England - will likely bless perverse homosexual unions, causing possible schism within its own ranks.

Radical conversion and repentance which the gospels demand have been replaced by "radical inclusion and acceptance" now the mantra of The Episcopal Church. 'Love is love' is tautological nonsense.

If you want to know God, Curry said in Baltimore recently at a love festival, start with love. "Let love help you heal old wounds; let love lead and you'll find life as God intended because love is God's GPS."