For flocks, a painful fork: Some parish members say they had no choice but...

Daily Press (Newport News, VA);  December 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ......likes to point out that the Episcopal Church has always honored diverse...rector at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Newport News, notes that...growing rift within the Episcopal Church that has seen several large...

After U.S. visit, Africa's top Anglican leader denounces Episcopal Church...

AP Worldstream;  April 3, 2004 ;     645 words ......denounced the gay policies of America's Episcopal Church on Saturday, following a two-day caucus...minority opposition groups within the Episcopal Church. He also said unless conditions change...meetings alongside the leader of the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold...

A mean-spirited attack on the Episcopal Church.(Local)

The Virginian Pilot;  January 15, 2007 ;     378 words ......and Os Guinness, Why we left the Episcopal Church. It is full of mean-spirited bile...Episcopalian, and then define the Episcopal Church by his writings. They claim that the American Episcopal Church no longer believes the historic...

The Episcopal Church faces change and potential chaos over the gay issue

AP Worldstream;  December 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......consecrate an openly gay bishop, the Episcopal Church has been gripped by unprecedented...are prepared to cut ties with the Episcopal Church, which is the U.S. branch of the Anglican...hold, even though the head of the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold...

After U.S. visit, Africa's top Anglican denounces Episcopal Church on gays

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  April 4, 2004 ;     443 words ......the gay-rights policies of America's Episcopal Church on Saturday, following a two-day caucus...minority opposition groups within the Episcopal Church who oppose gay marriage and the church...approval of an openly gay bishop. The Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of the Anglican...

Episcopal Church asked to apologize for consecrating gay bishop.(The...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 19, 2004 ;     538 words ......Anglican Communion on Monday asked the Episcopal Church, its self-governing U.S. member, to...Griswold, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church would not say whether an apology would...The report also called on both the Episcopal Church and the denomination's Canadian branch...

Gay bishop's consecration shakes up Episcopal Church

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 6, 2003 ;     594 words ...Gay bishop's consecration shakes up Episcopal Church Parishioners take sides, Anglicans...consecrate an openly gay bishop, the Episcopal Church has been gripped by unprecedented...are prepared to cut ties with the Episcopal Church, which is the U.S. branch of the Anglican...

Seeking new leadership: Debate in Episcopal Church continues over the...

Record (Stockton, CA);  July 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ......But that doesn't mean your local Episcopal church will be changing its sign anytime...the Anglican Communion, of which the Episcopal Church is a member. The sticking point is...Rev. Daniel Martins, priest at the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist in Stockton...

Episcopal Church faces change, turmoil, Split called 'most: far-reaching...

Charleston Daily Mail;  December 6, 2003 ;     654 words ......consecrate an openly gay bishop, the Episcopal Church has been gripped by unprecedented...are prepared to cut ties with the Episcopal Church, which is the U.S. branch of the Anglican...hold, even though the head of the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold...

Episcopal Church Applauds Senate Action on Religious Persecution Bill;...

U.S. Newswire;  October 8, 1998 ;     424 words ......stalled in a Senate committee, the Episcopal Church led the charge to build support for...both principled and practical. "The Episcopal Church jump-started the bill by pulling together...urch's government relations office. "The Episcopal Church brings tremendous credibility and...

Episcopal Church decisions unsettle worldwide Anglican communion.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  August 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......call it heresy or call it genius, the Episcopal Church USA made history last week by approving...Robinson's election as evidence that the Episcopal Church was open to the movement of the Spirit...threatened to break communion with the Episcopal Church over the issue. Those tremors ...

Episcopal Church decisions unsettle worldwide Anglican communion.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  August 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ......call it heresy or call it genius, the Episcopal Church USA made history last week by approving...Robinson's election as evidence that the Episcopal Church was open to the movement of the Spirit...threatened to break communion with the Episcopal Church over the issue. Those tremors ...

Bishop Denounces Episcopal Church's Policies on Gays

The Washington Post;  April 4, 2004 ;     444 words ......denounced the gay rights policies of the Episcopal Church in the United States yesterday, after...with conservative groups within the Episcopal Church that oppose gay marriage and the church...approval of an openly gay bishop. The Episcopal Church is the U.S. branch of the Anglican...

Rift over sexuality, gender could split Episcopal Church.

Record (Stockton, CA);  December 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Kaplan Dec. 9--The controversy in the Episcopal Church that started three years ago with...region's churches are on board. The Episcopal Church of St. Anne in Stockton and the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist in Lodi might...

Billions at Stake in Episcopal Church

AP Online;  August 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ......364 congregations of the Episcopal Church receive $2.14 billion in...Episcopal dioceses. In the Episcopal Church's first notable schism...the evangelical Reformed Episcopal Church, defectors generally were...