Via Media USA has learned of the release of a memo dated April 9, 2007, to The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops from that body’s Task Force on Property. Whether or not this document was meant to be set forth for all to see, it now is, and it should not be ignored. We thought it best to link to it directly from this Web site and to encourage all Episcopalians, particularly those in our alliance groups and dioceses, to read it carefully. The memo can be found here.

The memo shows the diligence with which The Episcopal Church is addressing the serious threat to its property and polity posed by such organizations as the Anglican Communion Network, CANA, the AMiA, CAPA, et al. It also makes plain what appears to us and to many Episcopalians as a calculated, and perhaps devious, plan to strip assets and legitimacy from The Episcopal Church.

The plan, as the memo points out, threatens not merely the church’s property but also its integrity. We believe that Episcopalians should do what they can to see that this plan is frustrated at every turn, and help the church in all places turn itself more directly to Christ’s mission in the world.