DOUGLAS, GA: St.Andrews parishioners leave Episcopal Church with Dignity & Grace
DOUGLAS, GA: St. Andrews parishioners leave Episcopal Church with dignity and grace
Church re-establishes as St. Andrews Anglican Church
By Mary Ann Mueller and David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
May 29, 2013
Trinity Sunday was a day of new beginnings for members of St. Andrew's Anglican Church. The day was a long time in coming. The slow but steady theological erosion of The Episcopal Church proved a bridge too far for this orthodox parish and its priest Fr. Curtis Mears.
On Pentecost Sunday, a super majority - well over 90 percent - of the membership of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church decided the time had come to leave the Episcopal Church fold for greener spiritual pastures. On that day, parishioners heard that their rector, the Rev. Curtis Mears had resigned as Episcopal rector of their church. All but two of the vestry members, as well as the junior and senior wardens, followed their priest's lead by relinquishing their Episcopal leadership positions. As one parishioner told VOL, "It was not so much as leaving something behind, but rather going forward towards a greater good."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Church re-establishes as St. Andrews Anglican Church
By Mary Ann Mueller and David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
May 29, 2013
Trinity Sunday was a day of new beginnings for members of St. Andrew's Anglican Church. The day was a long time in coming. The slow but steady theological erosion of The Episcopal Church proved a bridge too far for this orthodox parish and its priest Fr. Curtis Mears.
On Pentecost Sunday, a super majority - well over 90 percent - of the membership of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church decided the time had come to leave the Episcopal Church fold for greener spiritual pastures. On that day, parishioners heard that their rector, the Rev. Curtis Mears had resigned as Episcopal rector of their church. All but two of the vestry members, as well as the junior and senior wardens, followed their priest's lead by relinquishing their Episcopal leadership positions. As one parishioner told VOL, "It was not so much as leaving something behind, but rather going forward towards a greater good."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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