Leading Through Turmoil
“ ...the vocation is of the Spirit, but the need is to say, Lord, what is it that you’re saying and how can we be still, how can we demonstrate sufficient faith that in the middle of the confusion we stop to listen? And how can we learn to respect each other as we are listening, and then, in some cases gingerly, but attempt to move but without running over everybody, without scattering everybody?” 36
Allin’s term of office was not without controversy. He inherited the divisive issues of race relations, ordination of women, prayer book reform, and human sexuality.