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To: sionnsar

"Some 26 percent have officially left the Episcopal Church since General Convention in August 2003. They voted with their feet was the dominant protest.

Of those who have left, 91 percent have gone to Anglican parishes. They are Anglican Communion "heartwood." They started their own parishes or found good "Continuing" parishes to join. Most expect to be affiliated with the Communion in the near future."

This rather describes what I did in June 2004 - voted with my feet. I left the half of the remaining small, conservative Anglican congregation, because the other half left with the priest who voted with his feet to form an Anglican Catholic parish. I still love and respect the congregation members that I left, but I couldn't go along with them under the leadership of the new priest, a liberal, who the liberal bishop appointed. They didn't see the danger in this. Anyway, they didn't have a choice because there were no more conservative priests available. Conservative priests have been resigning to join Anglican remnant churches. As I've said before, the bleed continues in this urban diocese.


4 posted on 08/02/2005 8:43:31 PM PDT by plushaye (President Bush: W-2-4-4!!)
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To: plushaye
Conservative priests have been resigning to join Anglican remnant churches.

Or just leaving, period. We had a visit a few months back from one who had left a couple years earlier, but had not affiliated anywhere.

6 posted on 08/03/2005 7:16:35 AM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || Trad-Ang Ping: I read the dreck so you don't have to || Iran Azadi)
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