Episcopal Church Wins Major Victory
Episcopal Church Wins Major Victory
By Mike McManus
January 12, 2012
The Episcopal Church (TEC) has won a major victory. Virginia Judge Randy Bellows ordered seven formerly Episcopal Churches in Northern Virginia to "promptly relinquish" their properties to the Episcopal Church of Virginia, valued at $40 million.
Before reading his exhaustive 113 page opinion, this decision seemed to me like THEFT.
The Falls Church, for example, was founded in 1732, decades before the Diocese of Virginia and TEC was formed in 1783. George Washington once served on its vestry about the time it build a handsome brick church in 1769. In recent years, a modern church in the round was constructed nearby attended by 2,000 people each Sunday, including this writer.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Mike McManus
January 12, 2012
The Episcopal Church (TEC) has won a major victory. Virginia Judge Randy Bellows ordered seven formerly Episcopal Churches in Northern Virginia to "promptly relinquish" their properties to the Episcopal Church of Virginia, valued at $40 million.
Before reading his exhaustive 113 page opinion, this decision seemed to me like THEFT.
The Falls Church, for example, was founded in 1732, decades before the Diocese of Virginia and TEC was formed in 1783. George Washington once served on its vestry about the time it build a handsome brick church in 1769. In recent years, a modern church in the round was constructed nearby attended by 2,000 people each Sunday, including this writer.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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