Does that mean actually leaving the Episcopal Church, or merely signing up as a “CANA” parish while staying in your Episcopal diocese?
CANA parishes are under the Anglican Archbishop of Nigeria, rather than an Episcopal Bishop.
CANA, which the American Episcopal Church says is illegitimate, is legally a separate denomination—one can’t be Episcopalian and CANA at the same time—even though CANA is true to Episcopal values and the sodomite TEC is not. CANA is directly under Bishop Martin Minns, former Rector of Truro Church (founded in the 1750s) in Fairfax, Virginia.
Truro, The Falls Church (also ca. 1750s, which they named “Falls Church” Virginia, a suburb of DC, after) and around a dozen other Virginia (ex) Episcopal Churchs broke off at the end of last year forming CANA (the Convocation of Anglicans in North America) under the supervision, through Bishop Minns, of Archbishop Akinola of Nigeria. CANA now has something over 30 ex-TEC churches under it’s jurisdiction, and is being sued greatly...(down to each vestryman) by TEC.
There is Virginia statutory law though which supports each congregation keeping their property. In our “legal” system though, that’s no guarantee, but they do have more of a chance than in other states. It appears that TEC’s lawsuits are simply mean-spirited attempts to punish those who dare to object to and quit their apostasy.
As to this Colorado case, it appears that the (apostate) Bishop there knew that this priest, Armstrong would sooner or later bolt from TEC. In order to keep the congregation from being led there, dirt was concocted up to try to depose the evangelical priest, before he got a chance to leave. The congregation saw through this though, and has bolted anyway...supporting their priest.
There is no end of the unfair tactics these “nice, inclusive, loving” liberals will use to control each congregation of TEC.