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  • Episcopal Bishop: Dissenting members should leave the church

    05/05/2005 8:07:10 AM PDT · by sionnsar · 35 replies · 526+ views
    Midland Reporter Telegram ^ | 5/05/2005 | Elise Rambaud,
    A large portion of the St. Nicholas' Episcopal Church parish dissatisfied with the direction of the national Episcopal Church was told this week by diocese officials to leave church property by June 1. A parish vote taken in March indicated 89 percent of the congregation preferred to dissociate itself with the national Episcopal Church but remain a part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The national Episcopal Church, or ECUSA, is one of 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion which originated as the Church of England and spread to 70 million members worldwide. Dissenting members of St. Nicholas' object to decisions...