{"id":3361,"date":"2007-01-19T00:00:57","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/a-clarifying-moment.html"},"modified":"2007-01-19T00:00:57","modified_gmt":"2007-01-19T00:00:57","slug":"a-clarifying-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/01\/a-clarifying-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"A clarifying moment"},"content":{"rendered":"

…for the Episcopal Church:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Today, January 18, 2007, the Executive Board of the Diocese of Virginia took a step forward in preserving the mission and ministry of the Diocese and the Episcopal Church for current and future generations of Episcopalians and adopted a resolution concerning the property of 11 Episcopal Churches where a majority of members \u2013 including the vestry and clergy \u2013 have left The Episcopal Church but have not relinquished Church property and have continued to occupy the churches and use the property owned by the Diocese.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the Executive Board declared the property of those churches \u2013 real and personal \u2013 to be abandoned in accordance with the Canons of the Diocese.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Captain Yips has a helpful backgrounder.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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