From South Carolina-The head of the national Episcopal Church, The Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, will attend a special convention in January to choose a new provisional bishop in South Carolina, a visit that comes amid a painful rift over theology and homosexuality.
Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori will visit Charleston Jan. 25-26 for the election of the bishop and other diocesan leaders, said Hillery Douglas, chairman of the reorganization steering committee.
“We welcome the opportunity to have her with us at this important time in the history of our diocese, and it will be a privilege to share with her firsthand the energy and diversity of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina,” Douglas said.
The South Carolina diocese severed ties with the Episcopal Church Oct. 17, after long-standing disagreements over same-sex marriages and the ordination of gay bishops.
Under the diocese’s previous bishop, Mark Lawrence, the diocese renamed itself The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of South Carolina.
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