A 9/28 letter to the bishops

Dear Bishop,

You may be aware that Associates in Advocacy has had a website and hopefully, you may have used it.

You may also be aware that we lost it due to circumstances beyond our control and have had to rebuild it.

This letter is to announce that the website http://www.aiateam.org/ is open for business.

Our intention is to provide help to anyone who is concerned about a personnel action in the church. That includes Cabinet members as well.

You will soon note a bias against authority in many of the articles. I earned that the hard way, reading documents signed by church leaders, watching them operate at General Conference, talking with those who would talk with me. I am not completely cynical about those in authority because I had Ralph Alton as my bishop. I have come to know William Boyd Grave and Leroy Hodapp well enough to know there are real princes among the "perfumed princes."

I also know that I probably never will hear from pastors in many active bishops' conferences because those bishops are doing a good job. My intent is to provide them with good ideas to supplement what they are already doing. My hope is to hear back from you if you have any better ideas than mine or if you have any problems with things said in the articles.

Our website is not only open for business. It is also open for improvement.

In the covenant of the clergy,

Jerry