To: jwalsh07
That's the problem. They can't split. The denomination owns the church building and the cemetary.
153 posted on
08/05/2003 5:59:56 PM PDT by
AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy
That's the problem. They can't split. The denomination owns the church building and the cemetary.Yeah, I'm aware of the financial entaglements. So was the pastor.
We'll have to wait and see.
To: AppyPappy
That's the problem. They can't split. The denomination owns the church building and the cemetary
Those things are not the Church. But many will cling to them as if they are.
To: AppyPappy
I believe that the Diocese owns the property, the Bishop can do whatever he wants with the property. If a whole Dioces left, I think the Diocese could take the property. I was a member of a conservative parish who had title to the land and the vestry actually voted to give the Bishop the title. I was very angry about that,, let me tell you!
(The Diocese was actually afraid that we would leave and take our very beautiful property with us, the vestry made it so we couldn't do that in the future).
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