CONNECTICUT: Bishop Inherits the Whirlwind of an Empty Bishop Seabury Parish
CONNECTICUT: Bishop Inherits the Whirlwind of an Empty Bishop Seabury Parish
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 29, 2012
He got an empty building for his legal troubles and a hefty legal bill to go with it. Not a single soul has stayed with the Bishop Seabury parish, the Diocese of Connecticut or its ultra-liberal Bishop Ian Douglas. A strong, active, vibrant evangelical church used the building to raise holy hands to God. The Gospel was being preached and the Sacraments were being celebrated. But that wasn't good enough. A deal could not be cut, so the bishop got the building.
Now Bishop Douglas has an empty church; he does not know what to do with it. Who is the winner here, asks Fr. Ron Gauss. PA Bishop Charles Bennison let it drop recently that it can cost $55,000 and up just to maintain an empty church...and he has nine of them.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
August 29, 2012
He got an empty building for his legal troubles and a hefty legal bill to go with it. Not a single soul has stayed with the Bishop Seabury parish, the Diocese of Connecticut or its ultra-liberal Bishop Ian Douglas. A strong, active, vibrant evangelical church used the building to raise holy hands to God. The Gospel was being preached and the Sacraments were being celebrated. But that wasn't good enough. A deal could not be cut, so the bishop got the building.Now Bishop Douglas has an empty church; he does not know what to do with it. Who is the winner here, asks Fr. Ron Gauss. PA Bishop Charles Bennison let it drop recently that it can cost $55,000 and up just to maintain an empty church...and he has nine of them.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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