Fort Worth church sues bishop over name

From Ft. Worth-

An historic Fort Worth church is suing another church’s bishop, saying that church can't use its name.

“They're spending a lot of time suing people and we're spending a lot of time trying to follow the Lord and pray,” said Bob Ferguson. Ferguson and about 100 other people left All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Fort Worth early last year. Ferguson's group, along with most Episcopal churches in Fort Worth, decided to cut ties with the national Episcopal church. They were upset over decisions to ordain women and gay people.

Ferguson's groups started worshipping in rented space, just down the road from All Saints. “We've grown about 30 percent in membership in the last year,” said Ferguson.
They left the building but kept the name - All Saints’ Episcopal Church. This week, that decision led to a federal lawsuit against the new church’s bishop, Rt. Rev. Jack Iker. The original All Saints’ says having the same name is confusing, and unfair competition. Both congregations have accounts at the same bank.

“I don't think our checks are getting confused with theirs,” said Ferguson. But All Saints’ on Crestline wants to be sure.

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