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ST STEPHEN EPISCOPAL  CHURCH
Blogs and Commentary
Warning Signs of a Church in Trouble

The Clerical or Lay Leadership may do any or all of the
following:

Engender unhealthy institutional dynamics throughout the
church;
· Suppress dissent and discourage dialogue;
· Elicit fears of reprisal;
· Exacerbate isolation;
· Offer inadequate and limited theologies of the Bible and the
church;
· Turn diversity into divisiveness and dissension;
· Diminish Episcopalians’ ability to trust and support each other
in our lives in faith;
Refuse to participate in activities at the Diocesan level,
redirect church funds, and
· Denigrate the integrity, polity, and mission of the Episcopal
Church.(Via Media)
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Church Governance
Contact Information for the Diocese of Olympia

The Right Reverend Greg Rickel (Bishop): Phone: (206)325-4200x308
The Right Reverend Bavi Edna "Nedi" Rivera
(Bishop Suffragan )Phone: (206)325-4200x312
Tiffany Brannon-(Adminstrative Assistant to the Bishops)
Phone: (206)325-4200x310
(A Summary of)The Government of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the United States of America:
Confederal, Federal, or Unitary?(by
James  Allen Dator)