December 29, 2003

Changes in Episcopal Church Spur Some to Go, Some to Join

New York Times:

The decision this year by the Episcopal Church USA to ordain an openly gay bishop has set off a wave of church switching, according to dozens of interviews with clergy members and parishioners across the country.Some lifelong Episcopalians have left their churches, saying the vote to affirm a gay bishop was the last straw in what they saw as the church's long slide away from orthodoxy. Many of these people have started attending Roman Catholic churches.

Posted by Bob King at December 29, 2003 11:31 AM | TrackBack
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