Merry Christmas from the Episcopal Church
Merry Christmas from the Episcopal Church
By Jeffrey Walton
http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/12/10/merry-christmas-from-the-episcopal-church/
December 10, 2012
The story of Church of the Good Shepherd in Binghamton, New York is widely known: the parish decided in 2007 to leave the Episcopal Church, offering to pay $150,000 to the Diocese of Central New York for the small 130-year-old property. Rather than negotiate a payment from the departing Anglicans, the diocese opted to sell the building for only $50,000 to an Islamic group, which converted the church building into an Islamic awareness center.
According to the Rev. Tony Seel, the Diocese even added a legal caveat to the sale stating that the new owners of the property could never re-sell the building to the original congregation. You can read the whole story here, as chronicled by IRD's Faith McDonnell. http://frontpagemag.com/2010/faith-j-h-mcdonnell/homeless-in-binghamton/
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Jeffrey Walton
http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/12/10/merry-christmas-from-the-episcopal-church/
December 10, 2012
The story of Church of the Good Shepherd in Binghamton, New York is widely known: the parish decided in 2007 to leave the Episcopal Church, offering to pay $150,000 to the Diocese of Central New York for the small 130-year-old property. Rather than negotiate a payment from the departing Anglicans, the diocese opted to sell the building for only $50,000 to an Islamic group, which converted the church building into an Islamic awareness center.
According to the Rev. Tony Seel, the Diocese even added a legal caveat to the sale stating that the new owners of the property could never re-sell the building to the original congregation. You can read the whole story here, as chronicled by IRD's Faith McDonnell. http://frontpagemag.com/2010/faith-j-h-mcdonnell/homeless-in-binghamton/
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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