The creation of a second Anglican church in America for conservative Episcopalians angered by the liberal drift of their denomination has drawn high praise from the members of a Vero Beach church who attended the new denomination\u2019s founding convocation in Texas this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been waiting 30 years for this moment,\u201d\u009d said Judy Stull of Christ Church in Vero Beach, one of ten members of the church\u2019s delegation to the Anglican Church in North America founding convocation held June 22-25 at St. Vincent\u2019s Cathedral in Bedford, Texas.<\/p>\n
Formed in 2007 after the clergy and a majority of the members of Trinity Episcopal Church in Vero Beach withdrew from the Diocese of Central Florida, the new church meets in the former Indian River County Tax Assessor\u2019s Office in Majestic Plaza off U.S. 1 in Vero Beach. The 500-member church is one of 700 congregations comprising 100,000 former Episcopalians in the U.S. and Canada that make up the ACNA.<\/p>\n