From the Institute On Religion & Democracy, an update on recent Anglican happenings, including our own South Carolina drama:

A blizzard of winter weather on the Eastern seaboard was matched this past week by a flurry of activity from the Episcopal Church Center. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori traveled to Britain in order to lobby Church of England (CoE) leaders against a motion favorable to conservative rivals in North America. At the same time, South Carolina Bishop Mark Lawrence revealed that the Presiding Bishop's office had retained an attorney in South Carolina who was apparently laying the groundwork for a challenge to the diocesan leadership.

If the latter turns out to be correct, it marks the first time that the denomination has taken action against a diocese that has not announced plans to separate from the church.

Jefferts Schori's trip to London coincided with a meeting of the CoE's Synod, which was considering a motion introduced by an evangelical lay leader. Lorna Ashworth's motion stated that "this Synod express the desire that the Church of England be in communion with the Anglican Church in North America."

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