Sunday, May 27, 2007

CO Springs Parish votes to break from Episcopal Church

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/home/article/0,1299,DRMN_1_5557363,00.html

[Rocky Mountain News] 27 May 2007--A majority of voting members at Grace Church and St. Stephens Parish in Colorado Springs have declared their willingness to break away from the Episcopal Church to join a conservative Anglican network more in line with their beliefs, according to spokesman Alan Crippen.

The vote, tallied Saturday, showed 93 percent of 370 voting members approved of the plan to leave the Episcopal Church, Crippen said. It capped an ongoing period of uncertainty that began March 26 when parish rector, The Rev. Don Armstrong, and a majority of the church’s governing board, declared they were each individually leaving the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Colorado.

Related articles:
http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/3184/
The Episcopal Diocese of Colorado's Statement on Yesterday's Parish Vote - TitusOneNine
http://origin.denverpost.com/news/ci_5997125
Episcopal parish votes for split - The Denver Post

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