Episcopalians along the South Carolina coast are battling in court to determine which of two factions owns an estimated $500 million in church buildings, grounds and cemeteries, following an acrimonious split last year over social issues.
Episcopalians along the South Carolina coast are battling in court to determine which of two factions owns an estimated $500 million in church buildings, grounds and cemeteries, following an acrimonious split last year over social issues.
Gotta be a WSJ subscriber.
If the articles’s author does not know anymore about what is happening than he seems to in describing the situation as “[a] split last year over social issues,” why would anyone wish to read it?”
It does reference theological issues as well, #2, although not in detail. The article is fairly balanced, actually, and points to the similar battles being fought in other denominations like the Presbyterians.
George Conger takes the Wall Street Journal to task for their errors in the article:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/04/unforced-episcopal-errors-from-the-wall-street-journal/