HISTORIC WEEK
The General Convention of the Episcopal Church USA starts on Wednesday. It appears likely that they will ratify the election of an openly homosexual bishop and that will lead to schism. I doubt that the US church will break apart anymore than it's already broken. The conservative and orthodox Episcopalians that are inclined to leave have already left to form continuing Anglicans groups.

However, the schism will be felt most throughout the world-wide Anglican Communion. Ninety percent of the Anglicans in the world are evangelicals (most live in Africa and Asia). They have made it clear that they are no longer going to tolerate the direction of the Canadian and US churches. Link

I'm not an Anglican, just an Anglican watcher (my interest in ecumenics has lead me to keep an eye on lots of different Christian groups). So I'm not emotionally invested in the fight. Frankly, I don't think it's going to make a lot of difference in the future of the Church. The Episcopal Church has pretty much already made itself irrelevant to the advancement of God's kingdom. And God will move forward without them. Still, there is a certain sadness in it all -- and a realization that the rest of us are not all that far away from a similar fate should we drift from our biblical moorings. Irrelevance is scarey.