It sounds like it. I was an active member of that religion for many years. He sounds like my Priest and Bishop. They were good people. We were never controlled. We exchanged mixed drink recipes and visited like regular adults.
Our message was peace.
We were (still are) a quickly declining religion. They had female Priests and our Bishop was Kate in Indiana. Of course, all were married.
We were almost Secular Humanists except I do not know if Humanists believe in an afterlife. We helped the community and spent our funds quicker than they came in. We paid electric bills, helped in most ways, especially financial and most of the people we helped, did not attend our church.
We elected the first (only?) openly homosexual Bishop, etc..
When I first began attending Episcopalian Churches I was about 15. My immediate family were "failed Baptists" who no longer went to Church. I had to arrange my own transportation. Most church members were Teachers, Lawyers, Dr.'s...mainly professionals with strictly altruistic motives. They really "shared their wealth."
After Reagan, there was a steady decline in membership. Most Episcopalian churches now, are dependent on the
Diocese for money to keep their doors open. Many have had to shut down, like the local Unions had to.
I enjoyed the traditional ceremonies, the humanity of the congregation (we all had AA meetings at night) and the teachings....peace and helping people.
When I attended Church in my forties, they were preaching about Unions, our horrible "justice" system, the evils of greed, and the need to make our govt. a just one. I miss it.
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