Task Force Studies Episcopal Election Process
Episcopal News Service. April 7, 1995 [95064D]
(ENS) The Episcopal Election Leadership Project (EELP) met recently to review material gathered during diocesan visits and to plan a conference at which EELP findings and recommendations may be shared with the church nationwide. EELP is tracking dioceses that have elected bishops through the first five years of their episcopates to learn ways to enrich and simplify the election process, and to discover ways of gaining the health and wholeness of bishops and dioceses during the process and through the time of transition. Over the past year, the nine-person lay and clergy task force met with bishops and focus groups in eight dioceses where a diocesan bishop had been elected in the past five years. Two person EELP teams visited Northern California, Iowa, Fond du Lac, Vermont, Easton, Dallas and New Jersey. EELP is a joint venture between the National Network of Episcopal Clergy Associations and the Office of Pastoral Development.