More news on the ongoing schism within the Episcopal Church in the U.S., from the Memphis Commercial Appeal:
Delegates from a dozen churches in Memphis and across the South will ask the Anglican Church of Kenya to form a diocese and appoint a bishop for them in America.
The unprecedented request was given to Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi of Kenya, who was in Memphis over the weekend for meetings and services hosted by St. Peter’s Anglican Church in East Memphis. [...]
Nzimbi cautioned the U.S. delegates not to expect too much too soon. The next step might be to form an American deanery, a less formal collection of parishes, which could grow into a larger diocese headed by a bishop.
It’s still sad to watch a demonination fracture in a “them” versus “us” debate.