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For those who didn’t know, I’m the Archpriest for Central Ohio at St. Raphael Interfaith. Until yesterday, we were under the auspices of Church of Seven Planes. My bishop has been getting nothing but grief from the head office, and yesterday, it came to enough of a head that he resigned as Bishop of Ohio for them, and pretty much took St. Raphael’s out from under their wing. I thought about it for a while, and went through their website, and was unimpressed with what I saw, so I crafted and sent the following letter to the President and Vice President of the Church.

Effective immediately, I’d like to resign my ordination through the Church of the Seven Planes. As it stands, I’m the Archpriest for Central Ohio through St. Raphael Interfaith. I’ve been debating this action for some time now, due mostly to the fact that the Church of the Seven Planes, for all its mouthing the word “interfaith”, doesn’t seem to understand what “interfaith” means. Adding symbols of other faiths to documentation and stoles doesn’t do anything but pay lip service to those other faiths. I’ve been seeing a decided gearing towards Christianity, and if I wanted to be Christian, I wouldn’t have converted to Wicca nearly 20 years ago. Bishop Kramer’s resignation was just the final piece needed for me to submit this resignation.

I thank you for the opportunity, but I feel that my path is very much so divergent from the Church of the Seven Planes. I wish you hope and growth into a truly interfaith organization.

Brightest blessings,
Jeremy Bredeson
~ Daystar ~

Today, I got the rudest response from them.

Their response:

Dear Fellow Traveler:

It is with deep regret, that we accept your resignation as a Minister of the church of Seven planes.

It is always sad when travelers on the same path cannot find ways to get along and work together to

resolve their differences. However the door is always open for you to come back to the Church as a minster, and work within those bounds.

We wish you all the best in your new endeavors. As of this date we show you as having resigned.

I do however wish that you and Isaac would get your stories straight. You say we are too Christian, Isaac says we are too Pagan and are becoming the Coven of Seven Planes. If you guys are going to tell a story you should

decide which story you are going to tell.

Thank you

Jacob E. Woodby for the Church of Seven Planes.

All of the formatting WTFness is all theirs. Isaac and I did not discuss this. When he resigned, he told us that things came to a head and that he couldn’t stay with them anymore. He did not mention anything about his thoughts about the power structure and spiritual make-up of the Church. What this Jacob Woodby, someone who doesn’t even appear named on the website, has said, in essence, is that our concerns aren’t valid and that we’re to be treated as a group instead of individuals. Fuck that noise.

Here’s my quandary: do I respond via email, or should I let a blog post, cross-posted to LJ, Facebook and Twitter, with all of their comments, be my only response?