[Magdalen] GTS

[Eleanor Braun]

More here-- resignations?  firings?  It sounds out of control.

http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/seminaries/eight_gts_faculty_terminated.html


Eleanor

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 29/09/2014 20:55, Eleanor Braun wrote:
>
>> Andrew Gerns' post in Daily Episcopalian may explain some of it:
>>
>> http://www.episcopalcafe.com/daily/seminaries/leadership_
>> community_and_the_c.php
>>
>>
> My quick response to that is to wonder to what extent the Dean and
> President's style is preparing students for effective ministry out there in
> the Church.  I am one who has had conflict in my ministry as I have sought
> to lead when my leadership has been opposed.  In my case my vision has been
> vindicated in each parish I have served, but there have been bloody battles
> on the way.
>
> I am far from convinced that the Dean drawing all power to himself is a
> wise strategy.  It certainly seems far from what I see as the appropriate
> model for the Church today.  Only this evening I was talking with my Rural
> Dean about another parish where the priest seems to be following that model
> and I am to go in and discuss the situation with the wardens.  That could
> be an "interesting" conversation but I will not flinch from it as I have
> nothing to lose and no need for any ongoing relationship with them.
>
> That said, a healthy Church, parish or seminary is one where the gifts of
> all members are valued and no individual is the dictator.
>
> Roger
>