From West Virginia-
Many years ago, the Rev. Jim Lewis started Charleston's Manna Meal, which still feeds hundreds of down-and-out people per day, including the elderly and children.
When he headed St. John's Episcopal Church on Quarrier Street, he helped establish Covenant House, which still helps the vulnerable people Jesus told his followers to serve. Later, he headed Charleston's Coalition for the Homeless.
Lewis also takes positions that ruffle feathers. If he thinks something is unjust, he stirs the pot. He has not always done so gently, and he has not always been diplomatic, so he has had his share of adversaries.
Now West Virginia Episcopal Bishop Michie Klusmeyer has revoked Lewis' license to preach in churches where he was formerly pastor -- not for his controversial positions, but because, the bishop said, Lewis visited the sick, prayed and even, Lord forbid, performed a funeral when a family asked him to do so.
Klusmeyer cited a church policy that says: "Clergy who have formerly had a pastoral relationship with a parish will not continue to minister in the former parish in any way."
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