A theological rift between a local Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York led a congregation to re-establish its faith with a new denomination.
On Dec. 14, a majority of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church congregation in Tonawanda left in a split with the diocese over theological differences between the increasingly liberal Episcopal Church and more conservative congregation members, establishing St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church less than a mile away. Now, the small congregation of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Forestville is following suit with a similar break from the diocese, likely establishing itself as a local mission extension of the new-found St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church.
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Diocese shows Zero Plate & Pledge for St Peter’s in 2007 but still claims the 52 Members and 20 ASA. Go figure. Statmann
Is this small congregation really leaving the fold or are the wolves chasing them out ??