Episcopalians Shaken by Division in Church - New York Times
Episcopalians Shaken by Division in Church - New York Times
Their parish, which celebrated its 150th anniversary last year, is solid and strong. It has 3,000 members, a historic stone building in good repair and a well-loved minister.
But to the Episcopalians at St. Luke’s Parish in Darien, Conn., who gathered with their pastor to grapple with the past week’s news about their denomination, it was as if their solid stone church had been struck by an earthquake.
To them and to many Episcopalians around the country, the long-vulnerable fault line running under the Episcopal Church had cracked wide open in one week. Six traditionalist dioceses and some individual parishes announced plans to break from the Episcopal Church because they could not live with a church that permits an openly gay bishop and ceremonies for same-sex unions.
