{"id":9627,"date":"2008-11-16T20:17:30","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T20:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/star_telegram_fort_worth_episcopal_diocese_votes_to_dissociate_from_nationa\/"},"modified":"2008-11-16T20:17:30","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T20:17:30","slug":"star_telegram_fort_worth_episcopal_diocese_votes_to_dissociate_from_nationa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=9627","title":{"rendered":"Star Telegram: Fort Worth Episcopal Diocese votes to dissociate from national church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We\u2019re delighted, we\u2019re ecstatic, we\u2019re so excited to move forward now,&#8221; said Cora Werley, spokeswoman for Remain Faithful, a local orthodox laity group that supported Iker\u2019s stance. &#8220;We have an incredible gospel to spread. Now we can do it without all this hanging over us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Others, saying they will remain with the Episcopal Church, expressed resignation and sorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s certainly no surprise,&#8221; said Walter Cabe, president of the Steering Committee North Texas Episcopalians, an umbrella group of conservatives and liberals who opposed the split. &#8220;But more than ever, we have a great deal of respect for rectors and parishes who have identified themselves loyal to the Episcopal Church regardless of pressure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/176\/story\/1041904.html\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We\u2019re delighted, we\u2019re ecstatic, we\u2019re so excited to move forward now,&#8221; said Cora Werley, spokeswoman for Remain Faithful, a local orthodox laity group that supported Iker\u2019s stance. &#8220;We have an incredible gospel to spread. Now we can do it without<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=9627\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,66,376,655],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-tec-conflicts","category-tec-conflicts-fort-worth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}