Diocese of Quincy merger with Diocese of Chicago will bring 340 Parishioners
Diocese of Quincy merger with Diocese of Chicago will bring token 340 Parishioners
Lawsuits over properties continue
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
June 9, 2013
A jubilant Bishop of Chicago heralded the merger (he called it unity) of the Diocese of Quincy with the Diocese of Chicago as “a day that both dioceses have yearned for." The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee will be bishop of the reunified diocese. He says it will join [them] together in witnessing to the power of the Risen Christ who overcomes all divisions.
A closer look at the numbers reveals a more practical reason for the merger that has less to do with history and the power of the risen Christ, and more to do with fleeing orthodox Episcopalians and dying Midwest Episcopal dioceses. It also signals the beginning of more mergers and acquisitions in the coming months and years as the effect of aging and dying Episcopalians continues and the apostasies of Episcopal actions continues to take its toll on the national church.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Lawsuits over properties continue
News Analysis
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
June 9, 2013
A jubilant Bishop of Chicago heralded the merger (he called it unity) of the Diocese of Quincy with the Diocese of Chicago as “a day that both dioceses have yearned for." The Rt. Rev. Jeffrey D. Lee will be bishop of the reunified diocese. He says it will join [them] together in witnessing to the power of the Risen Christ who overcomes all divisions.A closer look at the numbers reveals a more practical reason for the merger that has less to do with history and the power of the risen Christ, and more to do with fleeing orthodox Episcopalians and dying Midwest Episcopal dioceses. It also signals the beginning of more mergers and acquisitions in the coming months and years as the effect of aging and dying Episcopalians continues and the apostasies of Episcopal actions continues to take its toll on the national church.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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