Churches and priests like the one in this article are at odds with an increasingly liberal church. This is the crux of their problem and, in many ways, the crux of ours, too. However they have expressed their disagreement in the following way:
So now, as they are poised to enter the Catholic Church, something the pastor prayed for daily, they may be faced with losing their property. Since they have not paid their assessments, the Episcopal church is suing them. Ya just have to admire this man's backbone. The church is in Philly, by the way, so not far from us. Read NY Times article here.For 17 years, the parish has refused to allow the local Episcopal bishop to come for a pastoral visit or confirmation, and then stopped paying its annual financial assessment to the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania.