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[OneNewsNow] 9 Oct 2008--An official with the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh says the recent vote to break from the liberal Episcopal Church means congregations in the conservative diocese can now focus on the gospel.
Last weekend, the Pittsburgh diocese became the second nationwide to sever ties with the Episcopal Church USA. Clergy and lay members of the Pittsburgh diocese had sharp differences with the Episcopal Church on a number of issues such as biblical teachings on homosexuality and salvation. And only weeks before the vote to split, the longtime leader of the Pittsburgh diocese, Bishop Robert Duncan, was removed from office by the national church's House of Bishops. Rev. Peter Frank is a spokesman for the Pittsburgh diocese.
Unity, he says, is something Episcopalians value very highly.
"That's why we've taken the actions we have," he explains. "The Episcopal Church was separating itself from the majority of the world's Christians, and we simply were not going to go along with that."
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