Usually preoccupied with the promotion of alternative sexualities and liberal theology, the U.S.-based Episcopal Church does have a positive track record in one area: Sudan. Long before most American Christians had even heard of Darfur, the Episcopal Church was involved in nearby war-torn Southern Sudan, where an Islamist government in the North persecutes the predominantly Christian population in the South.
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori commendably spoke about an upcoming independence referendum there during the recent General Assembly of the National Council of Churches (NCC) and Church World Service (CWS) held in New Orleans. Credibly, Jefferts Schori warns the gathered ecumenical leaders about an impending Rwanda-like escalation of the already unfolding conflict. However, the leader of 2.1 million U.S. Episcopalians missed the mark in her attempts simultaneously to promote a seeming Universalist theology with a decidedly pantheist-sounding message.
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