I note this point about The Reverend Stan White (Assemblies of God minister), who brought with him his entire congregation into ECUSA – the Episcopal Church of Christ the King in Valdosta. I thought that church left TEC.
No Christ the King is still a part of The Episcopal Church and sad to say that it has theologically gone the way of the Episcopal Church as well. The only church in the Diocese of Georgia that has left to this point is Christ Church, Savannah, and a large group that split off from St.Thomas Episcopal Church in Thomasville and formed Trinity Anglican Church.
The coexistence of the 1929 BCP and the 1979 BCP is not remarkable since Rite I is widely used and the distinction between the two is important to only two congregations. Many of the programs are parish programs. I guess if the diocese claims a lien on everything, it can take credit for them. As a former member of the diocese, I was not impressed.
Probably most of the parishioners of Episcopal churches in the Diocese of Georgia haven’t a clue that the 1979 Rite I isn’t even the historic Anglican formulary, but is Rite II dressed in the older language.
so Fain+ is heading up the search process, I would have thought him to be a candidate. And he might have fared well, in my dad’s estimation (he is a parishoner there), he has not spoken or written publically about Gene Robinson one way or the other……
Rite I has added an OT reading and moved the Gloria back to its historic, if not Anglican, place. The four fold nature of the church has been restored in the Nicene creed. And then there is the peace. What is the real difference which is not historic?
By my reconning, 44% of the parishes in the diocese are missions & 24% are without full time clergy. I’d be interested to see if these percentages are in or out of line with the rest of TEC.
Pb, if you email me, I will send you the comparison. Rite I follows Rite II, not the Eucharistic Rite of former Books of Common Prayer.
Email: aproeditor-at-gmail-dot-com
I think some of this information is at Brad Drell’s old blog also.
I note this point about The Reverend Stan White (Assemblies of God minister), who brought with him his entire congregation into ECUSA – the Episcopal Church of Christ the King in Valdosta. I thought that church left TEC.
Alice,
No Christ the King is still a part of The Episcopal Church and sad to say that it has theologically gone the way of the Episcopal Church as well. The only church in the Diocese of Georgia that has left to this point is Christ Church, Savannah, and a large group that split off from St.Thomas Episcopal Church in Thomasville and formed Trinity Anglican Church.
The coexistence of the 1929 BCP and the 1979 BCP is not remarkable since Rite I is widely used and the distinction between the two is important to only two congregations. Many of the programs are parish programs. I guess if the diocese claims a lien on everything, it can take credit for them. As a former member of the diocese, I was not impressed.
Probably most of the parishioners of Episcopal churches in the Diocese of Georgia haven’t a clue that the 1979 Rite I isn’t even the historic Anglican formulary, but is Rite II dressed in the older language.
so Fain+ is heading up the search process, I would have thought him to be a candidate. And he might have fared well, in my dad’s estimation (he is a parishoner there), he has not spoken or written publically about Gene Robinson one way or the other……
Alice, perhaps Georgians are not quite as ignorant as you think.
Sherri2, Touché!
The same could be said about most Episcopalians regardless of where they live. The sad part is that most don’t care about preserving historic roots of worship.
Rite I has added an OT reading and moved the Gloria back to its historic, if not Anglican, place. The four fold nature of the church has been restored in the Nicene creed. And then there is the peace. What is the real difference which is not historic?
By my reconning, 44% of the parishes in the diocese are missions & 24% are without full time clergy. I’d be interested to see if these percentages are in or out of line with the rest of TEC.
Pb, if you email me, I will send you the comparison. Rite I follows Rite II, not the Eucharistic Rite of former Books of Common Prayer.
Email: aproeditor-at-gmail-dot-com
I think some of this information is at Brad Drell’s old blog also.