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Article: Episcopal Church faces threat; Communion may consider expulsion over discord.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2007
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Byline: Natasha Altamirano, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Episcopal Church, which recently lost 15 Virginia congregations over liberal policies, faces a possible expulsion from the worldwide Anglican Communion when the leaders of the communion's 38 national churches meet in Tanzania later this month, conservative Anglicans say.
A priority for this year's meeting in Dar es Salaam is dealing with the Episcopal Church, which has clashed with conservatives for decades over biblical authority and sexuality.
The debate reached a boiling point after the church's 2003 General Convention, where the denomination's first openly homosexual bishop, V. Gene ...