Breakaway Colorado Parish Makes Plea to Preserve Church Property

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[The Christian Post] 24 June 2007--Breakaway members of an Episcopal congregation in Colorado have made pleas to their congregation to help establish a new legal precedent in a court battle over church property.

Congregants of Grace Church and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church who voted to split from The Episcopal Church last month continue to worship at the multi-million dollar church property while those that voted against the withdrawal claim the property rightfully belongs to The Episcopal Church.

Grace and St. Stephen’s revealed in a news release Wednesday a plea made by the breakaway group on their website to "please make a donation to help us establish a new legal precedent and overturn the Colorado Mote decision that is used as the basis for differing to hierarchal structures," according to the Episcopal News Service.

Another request was made Thursday on the splinter group's website that read, "Please help us establish new legal precedent to preserve parish buildings for the purposes and faith for which they were intended."