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Different Drummer

(9,079 posts)
22. I know I'm a bit late in responding to this.
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 09:29 PM
Nov 2024

However, being an Episcopalian myself, I felt the need to relate a similar experience from my parish

We went through a huge rift back in the days when the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire ordained a gay Bishop. We're in Georgia, so the happenings of the Episcopal Church in New Hampshire would seem to have little to do with us. The rector of our parish at the time had a different opinion, however. He was very upset about the ordination of the Bishop in New Hampshire--so much so that he established an Anglican Church in a town that's in the same county as ours. When he left, most of our congregation left with him, including some people who had been members of our parish long before he got there. His last Sunday there, we had over 100 members in attendance. On his first Sunday at his new church, we had 13 people for that day's service.

Time has past since then and our parish seems to be back to something resembling normalcy. For what it's worth, our current rector is gay...and no one is upset about it.

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Good, I'm glad to hear the "Big Clean Out" has begun. Think. Again. Oct 2024 #1
our church diocese( episcopa)l went through a split in 2007 AllaN01Bear Oct 2024 #2
Sounds like your church SomedayKindaLove Oct 2024 #3
Love thy neighbor wasn't conditional, like only if they're white. surfered Oct 2024 #4
The Methodist church split over LGBT. surfered Oct 2024 #5
do you even realize how ridiuclous that sounds Skittles Oct 2024 #18
30% is about right across the board. live love laugh Oct 2024 #6
yeah ok Skittles Oct 2024 #7
Maybe there's other reasons people go to church Hieronymus Phact Oct 2024 #8
nope Skittles Oct 2024 #11
wow Hieronymus Phact Nov 2024 #21
Chances are some people just didn't feel it needed any sort of discussion Warpy Oct 2024 #9
We live in the middle of nowhere in a small town in the south. no megachurch there. drray23 Oct 2024 #10
There will always be some sourpusses who only went there because it was closest Warpy Nov 2024 #19
"Most likely the Klanners had departed .. Wednesdays Oct 2024 #13
Your church wasn't rocked. People were rocked when confronted with the wickedness of their beliefs. usonian Oct 2024 #12
Offending immorality is righteous! BaronChocula Oct 2024 #14
Sounds like the 70% that aren't offended by condemning white supremacy will make a much nicer congregation. MLAA Oct 2024 #15
The United Methodist Church went through this over the past few years. AverageOldGuy Oct 2024 #16
I am pretty sure that many of you will look around and find that their leaving was a blessing. summer_in_TX Oct 2024 #17
I'm so sorry wryter2000 Nov 2024 #20
I know I'm a bit late in responding to this. Different Drummer Nov 2024 #22
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