Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Sioux congregation vows action over moves to close church

http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=3232

[Religious Intelligence] 5 Nov 2008--Parishioners from nine churches on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation have vowed to take legal action against the American Bishop of South Dakota to prevent the closure of their churches, in a diocesan cost savings drive.

In his convention address to the diocesan synod on Oct 3, Bishop Creighton Robertson reported that dwindling attendance and finances had left him no choice but to close or consolidate the congregations effective Nov 30. However, on Oct 25 members of the redundant churches held an organizational meeting to gather signatures for a petition drive to halt the closings.

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