Friday, July 18, 2008

Encouragement for Fort Worth Laity

http://www.livingchurch.org/news/news-updates/2008/7/16/encouragement-for-fort-worth-laity

[The Living Church] 18 Jul 2008--“Realignment has to be something that begins here and here,” Michael Howell said, pointing to his head and his heart as he addressed a gathering of some 400 conservative laity of the Diocese of Fort Worth on July 12. The program at St. Peter & St. Paul, Arlington, was presented by Remain Faithful, a lay-led organization that has grown to more than 700 members in the seven weeks since its founding.

“The councils of the church will do what they do, but we can start right now,” Mr. Howell urged. “Keep the focus on faith, not on institutional structures.”

Mr. Howell, a two-time deputy to General Convention and a member of the Forward in Faith executive board, is a lay member of the Standing Committee in the Diocese of Southwest Florida. In discussion later, Mr. Howell said that he expects to leave The Episcopal Church.

“For me it is a matter of when there is a truly viable, orthodox province or church established here in North America. That's the key thing,” he said. “I don't believe in running away from anything. I believe in going to something.”

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