When the whole farce about the selection of a new Bishop Assisting began, I predicted that Mizz Nedi was the slam-dunk favorite. Warner is so predictable. In no particular order, he prefers his clergy to be: female or homosexual or Hispanic. Nothing else really matters. These traits trump any shortcomings in theology, church doctrine, or moral fiber. In Nedi he hit the Daily Double & although she's straight, she hails from the homosexual Mecca - San Francisco - & is likely "sympathetic" to the homosexual agenda that is presently gutting ECUSA.
In a Skagit County ordination two years ago Warner hit the Trifecta...the Rev. Jo Beecher is a lesbian living in a "committed relationship" with a Hispanic woman & their 2 adopted children. Although Mizz Beecher is not racially Hispanic, she lived in Central America as a child & is fluent in Spanish. She gets bonus points for having a Hispanic same-sex "partner," of course. Mizz Beecher has been charged with building a new Hispanic Ministry in Skagit County & was given a fat Diocesan grant to do just that. This, in spite of the fact that Barna Research claims that less than 1% of the Hispanic population in the U.S. attends a Baptist or mainline Protestant Church (which includes the Episcopal Church). The vast majority (if they attend church at all) are Roman Catholic, according to Barna. Consquently, Mizz Beecher's ministry is focused on the migrant farmworkers who, like the bums & vagrants at the Union Gospel Mission in downtown Seattle, will endure a bit of preaching from a different church group every day of the week - so long as it comes along with a charitable handout. Don't get me wrong. I'm totally in favor of the Church engaging in purely charitable forms of outreach. But let's be honest about it & not refer to it as church planting or saving souls. I am not aware of a single Baptism having been performed by the Vicar of La Eglesia de la Ressurection over the past two years.
As a side note: Mizz Nedi replaces the retiring Bishop Assisting, Bp. Sanford "Sandy" Hampton, who is quite willing to sacrifice the plain meaning of scripture & the historical doctrine of the Anglican faith for the comfort of his lesbian grand-daughter. It should come as no surprise that he voted in favor of Vicky Gene's consecration as Bishop.
Ouch. I had left ECUSA before Warner became bishop (at least I vaguely recall reading something about his installation years ago -- in the late 80s, was it?), but I did not know it had become this bad.