Conservative Episcopalians Form Breakaway Church

Seven hundred conservative Episcopal congregations in North America formed a new church yesterday, citing disagreement with other Anglicans’ liberal interpretations of Scripture, according to the Los Angeles Times. Leaders of the new Anglican Church in North America said the church represents 100,000 Christians. Two-third of the world’s 38 provincial Anglican leaders — representing 77 million church members worldwide — must approve the new church for it to gain official recognition.

The formation of the new church is an effort, leaders said, to unify congregations and dioceses that had fled the American Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada over biblical disputes. Among the issues that caused the rift was the ordination of an openly gay bishop earlier this decade.

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