[Magdalen] Worship leader

[Scott Knitter]

In my experience, the bishop is not only aware of which candidates a parish is considering throughout the search process but also is the gatekeeper: applications are vetted by the bishop's deployment staff and released to the search committee if they have no red flags. I would imagine a red flag can be anything from a negative reference from the candidate's bishop to the receiving bishop not wanting that candidate in his or her diocese...with legal restrictions against certain types of discrimination, of course.

So I'd imagine bishops saying no would be a rare occurrence and a sour end to a contentious search process.

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On Sep 7, 2015, at 9:42 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Doesn't the bishop have the final say when a rector is called?
> 
> And what is he going to do?  Say no to the person the parish has selected?
> He certainly can, but at what cost?  Is this a ditch worth dying in
> 
> And what is he going to do?  Say no to the person the parish has selected?
> He certainly can, but at what cost?  Is this a ditch worth dying in