This is a Christian Century article from May. In it the writer tells the story of several former Episcopal Churches who split from the denomination and kept on splitting over and over. This is very common for churches which leave over purity issues. It reads in part -"George Koch, pastor of Church of the Resurrection Anglican, views this history more simply: "Divorce breeds divorce." Bishop Persell, viewing the scene from the perspective of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, draws an even stronger conclusion: "If you're formed in opposition and negativity, you're bound to keep on splitting—there's always need for more purity, and you don't live with ambiguity very well, so you end up in a church of one." "
http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=4770
3 comments:
Well, only good wood splits!
Yours,
Marty Rice
Purity issues!
Until now I have only heard this phrase used by revisionists! I guess there is first time even for those who characterize themselves as evengelical.
Yep, you bet!! Revisionists don't have a monopoly on a good turn of phrase!
By the way, revisionist wear shoes and so do Evangelicals. But what does that get ya?
Yours,
Marty Rice
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