What Sort of Bishop are We Seeking?

We are looking for a leader who will enable us – the members of the Diocese – to achieve our goals.

Will walk collaboratively with us, as together we create a new way of being Christ’s church in the 21st Century.
Will pioneer with us new ways of being a Bishop and of being a Diocese. These innovations will be congruent with the deeper life-giving realities of being:
- Joyful followers of Jesus.
- A Eucharistic community.
- Oregonians at heart.
Has parish experience preferably as a rector or vicar.
Has served on a diocesan committee or commission.
Has integrity grounded in a personal sense of holiness and security in God.
Has experienced redemption in the face of failures and successes.
Has a great love of people and nature and the ability to express it.
Will recognize Oregonians as independent-minded people who respond to leaders who respect them and have earned their trust but resist those who have not.
Is able to inspire and communicate a shared vision.
Has experience in a diocese with rural parishes.
Is engaged in supporting a learning community.
Is grounded and comfortable with self and others.