The news in South Carolina of a recent court ruling appears to indicate that fourteen parishes in the Anglican Diocese of South Carolina will be ceded to the National Episcopal organization. I honestly don't know if the churches will have to be sold because of empty pews, but if history is to be followed, they will not be sold to Anglicans.
These 14 parishes are as follows:
Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant
Good Shepherd, Charleston
Holy Comforter, Sumter
Holy Cross, Statesburg
Holy Trinity, Charleston
St. Bartholomew’s, Hartsville
St. David’s, Cheraw
St. Luke’s, Hilton Head
St. Matthew’s, Fort Motte
St. James, Charleston
St. John’s, Johns Island
St. Jude’s, Walterboro
Trinity, Myrtle Beach
Old St. Andrew’s, Charleston
I am acquainted with some of the priests and parishioners of these churches, and my prayers are with them in these difficult times.
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Very sad. I suspect several will fold, with their parishioners departing for Anglican places.
ReplyDeleteOnce the Episcopalians take over those buildings, their congregations will have to grow, which is not something Episcopalians can do because they preach a false gospel.
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DeleteThe diocese of San Joaquin feels your pain.
ReplyDeleteWe can look to their experience as a guide that shows us that there is life when we shake the dust from our shoes.
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