[nightdriver]

"How does the Episcopal Church expect its own members or others to have a semblance of respect, when it provides a forum for those that make profane use of our symbols?"

What do you expect when you have non-Christians in charge of your church?

I look for the Episcopal Church to start ordaining moslem imams into their clergy in the not-too-distant future.

Ecumenism, tolerance, and open-mindedness, you know.

[sionnsar]

I look for the Episcopal Church to start ordaining moslem imams into their clergy in the not-too-distant future.

It's been a week or three, but I encountered a story where an Episcopal church (cathedral) had hired an imam... I'll post it if I can find it.

[sionnsar]

Found it! titusonenine

Denver Cathedral Hires Imam

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— kendall @ 10:58 am

St. John’s Cathedral in Denver formally installed a Muslim Shiite cleric as its newest staff member during a service Nov. 14. Ibrahim Kazerooni, an Iraqi native who has lived in Denver for four years, is interim director of the cathedral’s fledgling Abrahamic Initiative, a bridge-building effort among Christians, Jews and Muslims.

Accused by Saddam Hussein’s government of being a spy for Iran, Iman Kazerooni was jailed and tortured.

Rather than pay him a salary, St. John’s will pay for a year’s tuition at the Iliff School of Theology, where he is pursuing a master’s in theology. He will continue to lead the Islamic Center of Ahl-Beit in Denver.

–The Living Church