From here:

One of the most important figures of the Charismatic Movement of the late Twentieth Century died today. The Rev. Terry Fullam, was the former rector of St. Paul’s Church, Darien, Connecticut where he served for 17 years ministering renewal to clergy and laity. He was 84.

If the Charismatic movement in The Episcopal Church began with the Rev. Dennis Bennett’s experience of the Holy Spirit while he was rector of St. Mark’s Church in Van Nuys, California, in 1960 the second most important figure in the late Twentieth Century was unquestionably Terry Fullam.

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Asked at the time if he thought the Episcopal Church was finished as a major Christian denomination in America, he replied, “I think ECUSA is finished.”

I and others from my church spent a weekend at St. Paul’s Darien in the early 80’s. The Sunday worship had outgrown the church building, so it took place in a local school. There was so much traffic around the school every Sunday that police were present to direct it. We discovered that allowing the Holy Spirit to move in an Anglican liturgical setting was not only possible, but a powerful expression of worship. It was an experience that had a formative influence on St. Hilda’s, one that was pooh-poohed by the Diocese of Niagara at the time; now, of course, the “spirit” is invoked by the diocese to ratify any harebrained notion that erupts from the fevered imaginings of its clergy.

Terry Fullam was a musician, so music played a very large role in the worship at St. Paul’s. He led the singing from a grand piano; there was no overhead projector with lyrics – we were expected to remember them. In those pre-ADHD days, it worked. The family I stayed with told me that he was unhappy with the organist he inherited when he arrived at St. Paul’s, so he slid onto the organ bench one day, displaced the organist and took over the playing.

One of the principles adopted by St. Hilda’s was decision by unanimity: the same family also mentioned that the principle worked particularly well at St. Paul’s by virtue of the fact that the strength of Terry Fullam’s persona was such that he was difficult to disagree with. Another principle was the ministry of all believers: God calls every member of a parish to a ministry –  with the possible exception of organ playing.

We will miss you, Terry: I do hope you are pounding out some of the tunes you taught us on a celestial grand piano – even if you have to bump an angel from his spot.