(RNS) Reaction mixed to Episcopal Church’s approval of same-sex rites
The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri, Bishop Wayne Smith, said in a statement that under his direction "the rites will be implemented carefully and pastorally, parish by parish, person by person." The diocese, with about 14,000 members, encompasses the eastern half of the state.
Bishop Daniel Martins leads the 5,000 Episcopalians in the Springfield, Ill. diocese, which encompasses southern and eastern-central Illinois and includes congregations in Alton, Belleville, Carbondale, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City and O'Fallon.
Martins voted in the minority against the resolution, and told the Post-Dispatch in an e-mail Wednesday that he had been "clear all along that anything like what we just passed" would not be implemented in his diocese.
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Bishop Daniel Martins leads the 5,000 Episcopalians in the Springfield, Ill. diocese, which encompasses southern and eastern-central Illinois and includes congregations in Alton, Belleville, Carbondale, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City and O'Fallon.
Martins voted in the minority against the resolution, and told the Post-Dispatch in an e-mail Wednesday that he had been "clear all along that anything like what we just passed" would not be implemented in his diocese.
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