To: wideawake
The Episcopal Church has had huge defections since the Liberal takeover. When the country was founded, they were probably the largest denomination.
The first losses occured when the Methodists and Baptists out hustled them in Evangelizing the people moving west. Now we are reduced to this.
I've held out long enough. Now that our Parish's beloved conservative Republican Pastor has retired, I'm looking at a more conservative Church. Maybe Mo. Synod Lutheran. I come from the Evangelical Wing, so Catholicism is not an option. Any suggestions?
To: BnBlFlag
Greek Orthodox? (most churches do their services in english in the USA)
To: BnBlFlag
There is another Anglican church in America that has full membership in the Anglican communion. It's called the Anglican Mission in America, and it has several churches in Texas. It is orthodox and evangelical, since it is a mission of the Anglican Church in Africa and Asia. You can use their church locator from this page:
http://64.118.70.157/amia/meetamia_sub.cfm?id=2 Also, there are several smaller Episcopal and Anglican denominations which are not in full membership with the Anglican communion, such as the Reformed Episcopal Church and the Anglican Province of America. Each of these denominations have church/parish locators on their site.
To: BnBlFlag
I come from the Evangelical Wing, so Catholicism is not an option.I am biased because I am a Roman Catholic. What I do know is that Evangelical Christians like Scott Hahn (author of Rome Sweet Home), Steve Ray (author of Crossing the Tiber) and Mark Shea (author of By What Authority) have all come to Catholicism through different paths and found nothing in the Church to dim or compromise their Evangelical spirit.
And I know they've definitely had a very positive effect on my relationship with Christ through their witness.
I'm not going to denigrate organizations like the Missouri Synod and I know that there are also more conservative factions of the Episcopal Church as well. I guess my advice is not to eliminate any of your options until you've examined them closely. It's a very big decision.
136 posted on
08/05/2003 5:12:48 AM PDT by
wideawake
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