From San Diego-
The Episcopal Diocese of San Diego reclaimed its Oceanside church on Sunday with its first service since a conservative faction seized control of the building four years ago.
“It’s like a homecoming,” church member Jack Plummer said Sunday as he stood outside St. Anne’s Episcopal Church. “In the Old Testament, you read about a time of jubilation, and it’s one of those times.”
In 2006, a majority of the congregation at St. Anne’s voted to break off from the Episcopal Church while maintaining possession of the building because of objections over the direction the denomination was taking nationally to ordain gays and women, among other issues.
The Oceanside church’s rector announced in January 2006 that St. Anne’s would leave the diocese and come under the jurisdiction of Anglican Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia. The group planned to keep the church building at 701 West St. and rename it St. Anne’s Anglican Church.
More here-
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/04/episcopal-congregation-reclaims-st-annes-oceanside/
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