Compared to Katherine Jefferts-Schori,
Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church
Virtue Online
This week two more churches in the Diocese of Tennessee, (now six in all, but more will follow) announced they were leaving The Episcopal Church for warmer theological, ecclesiastical and spiritual climes, abandoning property in obedience to the call of God, and declaring, in no uncertain terms, that the cheap, all inclusive generic Eucharistic wine of TEC cannot be consumed without doing permanent damage to one's soul.
The leaders of Holy Cross Church, a Murfreesboro, Tennessee Episcopal/Anglican congregation with approximately 90 members, announced they are leaving The Episcopal Church and will affiliate with the Anglican Communion through the Anglican Communion Network and the Common Cause Partnership of North America, as a part of the Church of Uganda under Bishop John Guernsey.
"This move is necessary for the health of our congregation," The Rev. Frederick Richardson told VOL. "There has been a strong outcry from our members because of the clear direction of The Episcopal Church, which is the opposite direction of where we are going. We feel our future lies in the traditional faith, order and practice of the Bible, followed by the Anglican Church since its beginning, rooted in the teachings of the apostles."
According to statistics released by The Episcopal Church itself, it is losing members at the rate of one whole congregation every one and a half days since 2004. The figure of 1,000 a week was recently elevated when some 8,000 parishioners from the Diocese of San Joaquin decided en masse to leave the Episcopal Church.
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GJ - The article above was shortened. Use the link for the complete story. Pope Jefferts-Schori does not seem to mind losing members, as long as she can keep their property. She has no legal right to do so, but many congregations do not want to spend a fortune and deal with the anguish of a protracted legal fight.
Roman Catholic parishes are listed, not under the parish name, but under the bishop's name. Caveat emptor, ELDONITES.
