Thursday, March 24, 2005

Episcopal faction, pastor leave Tempe’s St. James

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=38450

[East Valley Tribune] March 24, 2005--
A Tempe Episcopal congregation has become the first in Arizona to sustain a major split over biblical authority and the controversial ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire.

A faction from St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church, 975 E. Warner Road, including its longtime pastor, or rector, the Rev. Keith Andrews, announced Wednesday that "after much prayerful concern" it was leaving the Episcopal Church and aligning with the Anglican Mission in America and will meet elsewhere. The current church has 370 adult members.

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