From Episcopal Life Online-A newly appointed steering committee, representing persons in the Diocese of Quincy who want to remain in the Episcopal Church, has met with the Presiding Bishop in New York, welcomed a bishop as consultant, and released a vision statement and immediate goals for the reorganizing diocese.
Last November, a number of clergy and laypersons in the Peoria, Illinois-based diocese voted to leave the Episcopal Church due to theological disagreements and align with the Argentina-based Anglican Province of the Southern Cone.
The reorganization moves are in preparation for a special synod meeting which has been called by the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Shori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, for Saturday, April 4 to be held at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Peoria. In a notice issued February 27, Jefferts Shori called for the synod, saying there was "no bishop of the Diocese of Quincy, or any qualified members of the standing committee of that diocese."
She said the primary purpose of the meeting will be the election of a provisional bishop and that "thereafter, the synod is expected to proceed to the election of members of the standing committee, diocesan council, and other officers of the diocese; adoption of a budget; and consideration of resolutions related to recent purported amendments of the constitution and canons of the diocese as well as other resolutions relating to the organization and governance of the diocese."
In a separate statement released on February 27, the steering committee said it was committed to being a "fully participating, constituent part of the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion" and said it will work to "ensure that everyone is welcome and that diversity is celebrated in this diocese."
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81803_105503_ENG_HTM.htm
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