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Leaving A Church Behind [Congregation surrenders $7 mil property to leave Episcopal Church]
Hartford Courant ^
| December 31, 2007
| KATIE MELONE
Posted on 12/31/2007 5:07:31 AM PST by rhema
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:07:33 AM PST
by
rhema
To: rhema
So V. Gene Robinson and the rest of his degenerate apologists win the property.
To: rhema
My church left the UCC (United Church of Christ) a couple years ago.
But we paid off our building before we left the denomination.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:20:09 AM PST
by
Cheapskate
( Celebrate Sept.8 as Pajamatag , the day the pajamahadeem busted Dan Rather!!)
To: rhema
So sad that they have to give up a historic church likely built by the sweat and tithes of their ancestors.
But encouraging that they are doing the right thing by opting out of the PC bulls*** which permeates so many mainline denominations. I've got to wonder what the PC wing is going to do with an empty church and no congregation to fill it. After things cool down, it there any chance they would be willing to sell it back to their former congregates?
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:20:16 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: Vigilanteman
They are the church! They just had to give up a building!!
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:21:58 AM PST
by
Cheapskate
( Celebrate Sept.8 as Pajamatag , the day the pajamahadeem busted Dan Rather!!)
To: Anti-Bubba182
Which they will promptly sell and someone will turn it into a ‘stylish’ and ‘trendy’ home. We saw that done with other parish closings.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:22:02 AM PST
by
Vor Lady
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: rhema
It was the last Sunday service at Christ Church. Unable to go "further in a church that continued in a false gospel," the entire congregation, including the rector and church leaders, will sever ties with the national Episcopal Church and reform under a new name: New Hope Anglican Church. I applaud the courage of the congregation of the New Hope Anglican Church. The dilemma that congregation faced is what many other church members have to deal with -- accepting a heretic leadership and keeping objects, or accepting the teachings of the Lord and giving up objects. God Bless them all!
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:23:59 AM PST
by
olezip
To: Cheapskate
I left UCC a few months ago because I could no longer accept having an assistant pastor who is homosexual. Also, it seemed like there were just as many if not more homosexuals than heterosexuals in the congregation.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:25:05 AM PST
by
proudofthesouth
(Liberalism IS a mental illness.)
To: olezip
Amen. They’ll have wonderful services wherever they hold them after making such a good decision.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:26:27 AM PST
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
To: proudofthesouth
Yup, they’re “OOPEEEENNNN and AFFIIIIRRRMMMIIINNGG” dont’cha know!
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:26:48 AM PST
by
Cheapskate
( Celebrate Sept.8 as Pajamatag , the day the pajamahadeem busted Dan Rather!!)
To: Anti-Bubba182
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:29:03 AM PST
by
azhenfud
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: Anti-Bubba182
They win the property, but can they fill the pews? I don’t think so! Better to go to church in a steel building than a cathedral run by apostates.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:30:08 AM PST
by
GAB-1955
(Kicking and Screaming into the Kingdom of Heaven.)
To: Vor Lady
Which they will promptly sell and someone will turn it into a stylish and trendy home. We saw that done with other parish closings.Or paint it in gawdawful pastels and turn it into a boutique store. Call it something cute like "Things n' Stuff" or "Just Krap".
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:31:44 AM PST
by
randog
(What the...?!)
To: blue-duncan; P-Marlowe
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:32:40 AM PST
by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain! True Supporters of Our Troops Support the Necessity of their Sacrifice!)
To: randog
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:33:13 AM PST
by
Cheapskate
( Celebrate Sept.8 as Pajamatag , the day the pajamahadeem busted Dan Rather!!)
To: olezip
"
God Bless them all!"
He will. When persons decide to follow his teachings and adhere to his principle over the "security" of the visible, created realm, God will bless that basic act of faith far beyond anyone's best imaginations.
Keep watch and praise the Most Holy One...
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:35:34 AM PST
by
azhenfud
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: rhema
"Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues..." Rev. 18:4
No doubt it was a hard decision to make by the congregation, but I believe they are doing the right thing. In 1Pet. 4:17 we are told that judgment begins at the house of the Lord. We need to have our own houses in order. We will be much better equipped to help others if we do.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:38:50 AM PST
by
Pablo64
(What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.)
To: Vigilanteman
The Anglican Provence of Christ the King has a Parish in Chico, California that answers your question. The “Queer” lovers took the building and turned it into a restaurant. The restaurant failed and the restaurant owner sold the building back to the Christians. While renovating the restaurant back to a church the carpenters discovered little crosses left behind the walls of the restaurant.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:40:30 AM PST
by
Blake#1
To: Anti-Bubba182
So V. Gene Robinson and the rest of his degenerate apologists win the property. Legally I think it was their's to begin with.
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:43:22 AM PST
by
Non-Sequitur
(Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
To: Cheapskate
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posted on
12/31/2007 5:43:45 AM PST
by
woollyone
(entropy extirpates evolution and conservation confirms the Creator blessed forever.)
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