The Episcopal church has experienced a dramatic loss in membership over the last 35 years. This climate of loss has clearly affected our morale and has fed a level of internecine antagonism rarely seen in our church. What caused this decline? Who is to blame?

The old Latin phrase translates "the rule of prayer is the rule of belief", and it works in either direction. If you want to know what we believe, see how we worship; and if you pay attention to how we worship, you can deduce what we believe.

If there has ever been question about the intentions of our diocesan bishop for the Diocese of Texas, his address has answered it.