CHARLESTON, SC: Parishes are free to choose their own future, says bishop
CHARLESTON, SC: Parishes are free to choose their own ecclesiastical future, says bishop
Future of Diocese now uncertain. TEC Presiding Bishop will form rebel diocese under retired TEC bishop
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 17, 2012
The Bishop of South Carolina, Mark Lawrence told the majority of his clergy and parishes that they have been set free to go wherever they want ecclesiastically. He has made no decision as to what he and those who follow him will do.
Those who stay are free to opt out and free to decide their future, he said. The diocese, under Lawrence, still retains the name and legal seal of the Diocese of South Carolina. It will continue under that name and seal even though it is no longer a diocese of The Episcopal Church.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Future of Diocese now uncertain. TEC Presiding Bishop will form rebel diocese under retired TEC bishop
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
November 17, 2012
The Bishop of South Carolina, Mark Lawrence told the majority of his clergy and parishes that they have been set free to go wherever they want ecclesiastically. He has made no decision as to what he and those who follow him will do.Those who stay are free to opt out and free to decide their future, he said. The diocese, under Lawrence, still retains the name and legal seal of the Diocese of South Carolina. It will continue under that name and seal even though it is no longer a diocese of The Episcopal Church.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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