The camp has already cost the diocese $6.7 million with another $3 million needed to pay off the loan. "We need nearly $10 million," said Diocesan Treasurer Kylius Jones. The cost to maintain it is approximately $300,000 a year. With more and more parishes closing and money being tight, delegates voted to sell the camp.

Episcopalians are concerned about a range of challenges that make them reluctant to endorse the campaign. In their congregations, members are seeing budget stress, rapidly declining and aging membership, deteriorating buildings, and an uncertain world that brings into question the outreach and spirituality that would otherwise be their touchstones. Along with these concerns, many members feel disconnected from the Diocese.

The mission of the College for Bishops is to provide opportunities for education and formation that will strengthen bishops in their personal lives, as diocesan leaders in God's mission and in their vocation in service to the Episcopal Church.

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The single biggest cause in dropping attendance occurred when the largest Episcopal Church in Western New York with 1,000 members, St. Bartholomew's in Tonawanda, voted to leave the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Western New York in order to affiliate with the Province of the Southern Cone, citing that the National Church has strayed from the authority of Scripture and the Lordship of Christ as the besetting issues.