TONAWANDA, NY: Anglican church assumes central role in new diocese
TONAWANDA, NY: Anglican church assumes central role in new diocese
By Jay Tokasz
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/tonawanda/article521170.ece
August 13, 2011
When members of St. Bartholomew's Church in the Town of Tonawanda decided in 2008 to leave the Episcopal Church, they didn't know for sure where they fit in the larger structure of Anglicanism.
Less than three years later, the parish has become a pivotal congregation within the Anglican Church in North America, a rival to the Episcopal Church that grew from a rift between theological conservatives and liberal Episcopalians over Bible interpretation and the ordination of a gay bishop.
This week, the congregation served as host for a conference of the International Diocese, the new diocese to which it belongs as part of the Anglican Church in North America.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Jay Tokasz
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/tonawanda/article521170.ece
August 13, 2011
Less than three years later, the parish has become a pivotal congregation within the Anglican Church in North America, a rival to the Episcopal Church that grew from a rift between theological conservatives and liberal Episcopalians over Bible interpretation and the ordination of a gay bishop.
This week, the congregation served as host for a conference of the International Diocese, the new diocese to which it belongs as part of the Anglican Church in North America.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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