{"id":10552,"date":"2009-01-06T17:28:56","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T17:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/bishop_henderson_of_upper_south_carolina_comments_on_the_loss_of_the_bulk_o\/"},"modified":"2009-01-06T17:28:56","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T17:28:56","slug":"bishop_henderson_of_upper_south_carolina_comments_on_the_loss_of_the_bulk_o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=10552","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Henderson of Upper South Carolina Comments on the Loss of the Bulk of one Diocesan Parish"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I have just been informed that the Vicar of St. John’s Mission Church in Clearwater has announced that he and most of the communicants of St. John’s have left The Episcopal Church. This comes as a complete surprise to me. Although Fr. Hartley has shared his frustrations with me, he never indicated to me that he was on the verge of taking such a step, and I am extraordinarily disappointed not only in their decision, but that he went public with this announcement without informing me first. It is also a shock to me that he would lead this congregation away from the Church without providing me with the time and opportunity to be in conversation with them as part of their decision-making process–after all, as Bishop I am–or was–their chief priest and pastor. I not only ordained Fr. Hartley to the priesthood, but I am the one who appointed him Vicar of St. John’s, providing him with an Altar and a pulpit.<\/p>\n

Any division in the Church weakens the Church’s mission. And when people leave they not only deprive those with different views of their voice, but they also deprive themselves of prayerful viewpoints which they need to consider. The Episcopal Church–indeed, traditional Anglicanism–respects highly the individual intellect and conscience, and I respect the decisions of Fr. Hartley and others at St. John’s as a decision of conscience. Nevertheless, it breaks my heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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From here: I have just been informed that the Vicar of St. John’s Mission Church in Clearwater has announced that he and most of the communicants of St. John’s have left The Episcopal Church. This comes as a complete surprise…<\/span><\/p>\n

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