The Rt. Rev. Greg Rickel (2007 – ) began his term calling attention to three major priorities: attracting members under 35, stewardship, and congregational growth. The College of Congregational Development attracted national attention, and the three priorities focused efforts to build membership and improve congregational life.
As of 2010, attendance figures appeared to be leveling out. Aging of the Boomers, the generation that built the twenty-year “bump” in numbers, poses a new challenge: return to a church of slow but steady growth, as the post-Baby Boomers, including members with young families, assume leadership of congregations.
The diocesan ship sails on.
