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Former Connecticut church sold for benefit of local Muslim community
The Episcopal Church in Connecticut ^ | October 23, 2014 | Karin Hamilton

Posted on 10/23/2014 6:46:31 AM PDT by george76

The Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT) has sold its property at 35 Harris Road, Avon, former home to Christ Episcopal Church, to the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center, Inc. (FVAMC).

The sale, for $1.1 million, was completed on Oct. 21.

The building was vacated after the congregation voted in 2012 to dissolve as a parish and close by the end of that year.

The following spring, Bishop Ian T. Douglas and other ECCT staff hosted a meeting of community leaders and interested residents to discern how the property could best be used “as an asset to God’s mission of restoration and reconciliation” in greater Avon and beyond.

At the meeting they learned that the local Muslim community needed a place to gather

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: catholicchurches; christian; christianchurches; church; churches; episcopal; episcopalchurch
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1 posted on 10/23/2014 6:46:31 AM PDT by george76
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blue state muzzie scum alert!


2 posted on 10/23/2014 6:49:09 AM PDT by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: george76

If the Episcopal church had not embraced homosexuality, the church might still be open for Christians instead of heathens worshiping a false god.


3 posted on 10/23/2014 6:52:17 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: george76

CT should become a Shariah state in no time!


4 posted on 10/23/2014 6:52:29 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: george76

Hey, we heard that Satan needed a new place to do business — will this help?


5 posted on 10/23/2014 6:53:33 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
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To: george76
Isn't it sweet how these things come full circle?

  1. The EC thinks they will stop hemorrhaging congregants by embracing homo marriage.
  2. Instead, it just accelerates the process.
  3. They close a church and turn it over to the Muzzies who are so famous for tolerating these things.

6 posted on 10/23/2014 6:53:47 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: george76
Avon is one of the nicer communities in the area.

Must be one of the nicer Muslim communities. /sarc

7 posted on 10/23/2014 6:54:10 AM PDT by McGruff (The whole Omama Administration is a breach in protocol)
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The Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT) has sold its property at 35 Harris Road, Avon, former home to Christ Episcopal Church, to the Farmington Valley American Muslim Center, Inc. (FVAMC)

...look for this to happen nationwide, as Christian churches wither on the de-populating vine...

...the closing rate of Catholic Churches in Schuylkill County, in Pennsylvania, is mind boggling...


8 posted on 10/23/2014 6:54:15 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: george76

Isn’t that special. Liberal Christians dissolving their church and giving the property to a Satanic death cult.


9 posted on 10/23/2014 6:55:26 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: george76

Drip drip drip..........New Englandistan.


10 posted on 10/23/2014 6:58:30 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: george76

Pretty much every Episcopal Church in the land will be available in the next 10 years.


11 posted on 10/23/2014 6:58:36 AM PDT by PGR88
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If the Episcopal church had not embraced homosexuality, the church might still be open for Christians instead of heathens worshiping a false god.

...homocentricity has nothing whatsoever to do with the closings of Catholic churches all across the oountry...lower birth rates, and denominational indifference, which leads to the casual and clubby worship experience seen at mega churches, doomed them...


12 posted on 10/23/2014 6:59:53 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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To: IrishBrigade

I didn’t say anything about the Catholic church, I said it of the Episcopal church.


13 posted on 10/23/2014 7:03:53 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: george76

Well, those Episcopals got 1.1 million. Besides gayness, it’s money that makes their world go round!


14 posted on 10/23/2014 7:12:26 AM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Yes, the death spiral of the Episcopal Church can pretty much be attributed to the fascist way in which the Church leadership wrenched it Leftward over the last few decades.

Exhibit A being how they dealt with the Gene Robinson situation. Basically told all Episcopalians to either shut up and accept it (and the other Left social stuff they were pushing), or take a walk.

And a lot of people did.


15 posted on 10/23/2014 7:15:01 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: IrishBrigade

Here in SW Pennsylvania in the Mon Valley Catholic churches and schools are closing.


16 posted on 10/23/2014 7:27:22 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: george76

Avon is the wealthiest town in the area. Interested to see what types of Muslims this will serve.


17 posted on 10/23/2014 7:32:17 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: george76

Our church has a clause that any property has to be sold to a Christian organization. We just merged with another church having financial problems because they didn’t want to sell their property. My church could handle their fianacial problems, and both churches want to keep the property in christian hands.


18 posted on 10/23/2014 7:38:13 AM PDT by luckystarmom
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To: blue-duncan; xzins

BD, do you have any special insight into how this came about?


19 posted on 10/23/2014 7:43:49 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

As a former Episcopalian, I believe the ECUSA was apostate long before any formal acceptance of homosexuality. It was a cold, impersonal church that was devoid of the Holy Spirit regardless of the parish. What is left of the ECUSA and PCUSA will fight it out to see which will become the official state church like in China. Then, the bishops and priests can do the work they really desire - oppressing and hunting down real Christians just as Saul did before his Damascus road conversion.


20 posted on 10/23/2014 8:42:23 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
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