Bishop's Writings

Diocese Sees "Mustard Seed" of Growth in 2016

First Numerical Growth in ASA in More Than 20 Years

Dear saints,

In the year 2016 — when North Korea launched a long-range rocket, when we had the Zika virus outbreak, when Brexit began, when NASA’s Juno entered Jupiter’s orbit, when Brazil hosted the Summer Olympics, and when Donald Trump was elected President of the United States — a small needle shift occurred in the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. By the grace of Almighty God, we grew in the total number of people who worshipped in our churches for the first time in at least two decades! More about that later.