Right_RR Rev._NNB Mariann_NP1 Budde_NP1 reaching_VVG out_RP for_IF a_AT1 more_RGR vital_JJ Episcopal_JJ Church_NN1 Is_VBZ the_AT Right_JJ Rev._NNB Mariann_NP1 Budde_NP1 the_AT woman_NN1 to_TO save_VVI the_AT Episcopal_JJ Church_NN1 ?_? 
On_II meeting_VVG her_PPHO1 ,_, you_PPY 'd_VM hope_VVI so_RR ._. 
Bright-eyed_JJ ,_, string-bean_JJ skinny_JJ ,_, 52_MC years_NNT2 old_JJ ,_, Budde_NP1 (_( pronounced_VVD Bud-EE_UH )_) has_VHZ the_AT athletic_JJ bearing_NN1 and_CC viselike_JJ handshake_NN1 of_IO your_APPGE high_JJ school_NN1 lacrosse_NN1 coach_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 is_VBZ unapologetically_RR liberal_JJ ,_, and_CC the_AT way_NN1 she_PPHS1 answers_VVZ hot-button_JJ questions_NN2 --_NN1 "_" I_PPIS1 'm_VBM in_II31 favor_II32 of_II33 gay_JJ marriage_NN1 ,_, always_RR have_VH0 been_VBN ._. 
At_II this_DD1 point_NN1 it_PPH1 's_VBZ a_AT1 no-brainer_JJ "_" --_NN1 is_VBZ bracing_VVG after_II decades_NNT2 of_IO public_JJ squabbling_NN1 and_CC tepid_JJ rhetoric_NN1 on_II such_DA matters_NN2 from_II church_NN1 leaders_NN2 ._. 
But_CCB Budde_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS was_VBDZ installed_VVN last_MD month_NNT1 as_II the_AT ninth_MD bishop_NN1 of_IO the_AT Episcopal_JJ Diocese_NN1 of_IO Washington_NP1 ,_, faces_VVZ a_AT1 tough_JJ road_NN1 ._. 
After_CS a_AT1 decade_NNT1 of_IO schism_NN1 within_II the_AT church_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 broad_JJ disillusionment_NN1 with_IW mainline_JJ Protestantism_NN1 in_RR21 general_RR22 ,_, membership_NN1 in_II the_AT Episcopal_JJ Church_NN1 in_II America_NP1 --_NN1 the_AT denomination_NN1 of_IO FDR_NP1 and_CC George_NP1 Herbert_NP1 Walker_NP1 Bush_NP1 ,_, the_AT throne_NN1 of_IO high_JJ WASP-dom_JJ --_NN1 has_VHZ fallen_VVN on_II hard_JJ times_NNT2 ._. 
Recent_JJ polls_NN2 put_VV0 Episcopalians_NN2 in_II America_NP1 at_II fewer_DAR than_CSN 2_MC million_NNO ,_, which_DDQ means_VVZ that_CST there_EX are_VBR numerically_RR more_DAR Jews_NN2 ,_, more_DAR Muslims_NN2 and_CC more_DAR Mormons_NN2 in_II this_DD1 country_NN1 than_CSN there_EX are_VBR Episcopalians_NN2 ._. 
Washington_NP1 ,_, D.C._NP1 ,_, one_MC1 of_IO the_AT largest_JJT and_CC most_RGT visible_JJ dioceses_NN2 in_II the_AT country_NN1 ,_, has_VHZ not_XX suffered_VVN the_AT same_DA radical_JJ attrition_NN1 as_CSA elsewhere_RL ;_; still_RR ,_, membership_NN1 has_VHZ stagnated_VVN for_IF the_AT past_JJ 10_MC years_NNT2 at_II about_RG 40,000_MC members_NN2 in_II 88_MC congregations_NN2 ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 got_VVD so_RR fascinated_VVN with_IW ourselves_PPX2 that_CST the_AT world_NN1 just_RR sped_VVD by_II us_PPIO2 ,_, "_" says_VVZ Budde_NN1 ._. 
"_" We_PPIS2 're_VBR like_II a_AT1 boutique_NN1 ._. 
We_PPIS2 're_VBR the_AT most_RGT inclusive_JJ church_NN1 in_II the_AT world_NN1 that_CST 's_VBZ the_AT tiniest_JJT church_NN1 in_II Christendom_NN1 ..._... 
I_PPIS1 'm_VBM not_XX interested_JJ in_II being_VBG the_AT leader_NN1 of_IO a_AT1 boutique_NN1 church_NN1 ._. "_" 
Budde_NN1 was_VBDZ hired_VVN because_CS she_PPHS1 's_VBZ good_JJ at_II growing_JJ churches_NN2 ._. 
She_PPHS1 was_VBDZ for_IF nearly_RR 20_MC years_NNT2 the_AT minister_NN1 of_IO St._NP1 John_NP1 's_GE in_II Minneapolis_NP1 ,_, and_CC during_II that_DD1 time_NNT1 she_PPHS1 tripled_VVD Sunday_NP1 attendance_NN1 to_II 300_MC each_DD1 week_NNT1 and_CC more_DAR than_CSN doubled_JJ church_NN1 membership_NN1 to_II 750_MC ._. 
Inspired_VVN by_II the_AT books_NN2 and_CC seminars_NN2 of_IO Rick_NP1 Warren_NP1 ,_, the_AT evangelical_JJ mega-pastor_NN1 who_PNQS teaches_VVZ Christians_NN2 how_RRQ to_TO grow_VVI their_APPGE churches_NN2 ,_, Budde_NP1 plans_VVZ to_TO focus_VVI on_II providing_VVG a_AT1 meaningful_JJ experience_NN1 of_IO Jesus_NP1 for_IF the_AT greatest_JJT number_NN1 of_IO people_NN ._. 
She_PPHS1 will_VM reach_VVI out_RP to_II the_AT folks_NN2 who_PNQS are_VBR n't_XX finding_VVG satisfaction_NN1 in_II churches_NN2 elsewhere_RL :_: gays_NN2 ,_, women_NN2 and_CC young_JJ adults_NN2 ,_, as_II31 well_II32 as_II33 lapsed_JJ Roman_JJ Catholics_NN2 and_CC disenchanted_JJ evangelicals_NN2 ._. 
To_TO lure_VVI these_DD2 seekers_NN2 ,_, she_PPHS1 will_VM direct_VVI the_AT greater_JJR part_NN1 of_IO her_APPGE personal_JJ energy_NN1 and_CC the_AT diocese_NN1 's_GE $3.6_NNU million_NNO budget_NN1 to_II the_AT seemingly_RR banal_JJ aspects_NN2 of_IO congregational_JJ life_NN1 --_NN1 worship_NN1 ,_, Sunday_NP1 school_NN1 ,_, adult_NN1 education_NN1 ,_, the_AT music_NN1 ministry_NN1 and_CC repairs_VVZ to_II the_AT elevator_NN1 ._. 
