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Question of the Day

Posted July 11, 2006

Bible Belt Blogger: Question of the Day

Frank Lockwood

Some of the nation's largest Episcopal churches, unhappy with the denomination's direction, may "disassociate" themselves from its national leadership. If conservatives leave, the Episcopal Church the denomination will be

A.) Better off. The squabbles have distracted the church from it's mission.

B.) Worse off. A split sends a message to the world that Christians are divided instead of united.

C.) About the same. Liberals switching to the Episcopal Church will compensate for conservatives who are leaving.

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COMMENTS:

AUTHOR: Allen

EMAIL: kyronin@aol.com

DATE: 07/24/2006 08:56:17 PM



I don't think the answer to this is as simple as a multiple choice question. There is a lot of pain, on both sides of the debate. But in the end, the churches that leave, if they do decide to and many are very much in doubt if they will, will be a very, very small number and percentage of the Episcopal church. The estimates are anywhere from 1 to 2.5 % And that is the maximum.

But in the end this really does distract from the message and goal of the Episcopal church, which, believe it or not, is to teach and spread the gospel, and to reach out to those most in need of help.