David Y. Lee for The New York Times
The Falls Church in Virginia has been voting on whether to secede from the Episcopal Church and is expected to announce results on Sunday. For about 30 years, the Episcopal Church has been one big unhappy family. Under one roof there were female bishops and male bishops who would not ordain women. There were parishes that celebrated gay weddings and parishes that denounced them; theologians sure that Jesus was the only route to salvation, and theologians who disagreed.
Now, after years of threats, the family is breaking up.
As many as eight conservative Episcopal churches in Virginia are expected to announce today that their parishioners have voted to cut their ties with the Episcopal Church. Two are large, historic congregations that minister to the Washington elite and occupy real estate worth a combined $27 million, which could result in a legal battle over who keeps the property.
In a twist, these wealthy American congregations are essentially putting themselves up for adoption by Anglican archbishops in poorer dioceses in Africa, Asia and Latin America who share conservative theological views about homosexuality and the interpretation of Scripture with the breakaway Americans. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/us/17episcopal.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fOrganizations%2fE%2fEpiscopal%20Church&oref=slogin
I find this article both upsetting and confusing..Silly me, I thought that Jesus is the only way to Salvation! Oh, and of course they are also fighting about who gets to keep the $27 Million Dollars worth of assets..guess where these two Churches in particular are located?? Yep, you got it, Washington, D.C. How's that for consistency?
(See my previous post re: What does the Bible say about homosexuality?)
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