from Midwest Conservative Journal
…when one of your “church planters” can’t make himself pretend anymore:
The Rev. Geoffrey A. Little, who has served as a church planter in the Diocese of Connecticut for more than 18 years, resigned his orders as an Episcopal priest July 1.
Little, who served most recently as priest in charge of St. James’ Church in the New Haven neighborhood known as Fair Haven, plans to start a new parish, All Nations Anglican Church, in the same community. It will be affiliated with the Anglican Church of North America.
Little told the New Haven Register that he thinks up to 90 percent of the congregation may follow him to the new parish. Little is not attempting a legal challenge about the diocese’s control of property at St. James’, and the diocese intends to continue providing ministry to members of the parish.
Little and his wife, Blanca, told the Register of how some of their parishioners responded to their pending departure, which they’ve been considering for about 18 months.
“Some of our young people actually told us … that they were so relieved because they were so uncomfortable telling others that they were Episcopalian, that it was an embarrassment,” Blanca Little said.
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Not just in CT. The CANA/ACNA church I attend is led by a former planter in the Diocese of TN. He has the "pleasure" of building two churches for what is largely the same congregation.
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