{"id":14324,"date":"2009-03-24T16:23:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T22:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=14324"},"modified":"2009-03-24T16:23:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T22:23:04","slug":"grace-st-stephens-episcopal-church-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/24\/grace-st-stephens-episcopal-church-once-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Grace &#038; St Stephen&#8217;s <i>Episcopal<\/i> Church once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running property dispute down in Colorado Springs appears to be wrapped up, with the judge ruling that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/news\/ci_11985037\">the landmark church belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado<\/a>, not the break-away contingent following Rev. Don Armstrong.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ownership has been in dispute since March 2007, when some members and leaders of Grace Church and St. Stephen&#8217;s left the national body over theological differences.  The breakaway group aligned itself with the conservative Convocation of Anglicans in Virginia but continued to worship in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Alan R. Crippen, spokesman for the breakaway parish, said the group probably won&#8217;t appeal.  [&#8230;] The breakaway parish will lose the building, trade name and Web domain. The congregation plans to meet elsewhere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Episcopal faithful will begin worship at the church again on Palm Sunday, 5 April.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderdude.com\/2009\/03\/huzzah_7.html\">BD<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-running property dispute down in Colorado Springs appears to be wrapped up, with the judge ruling that the landmark church belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado, not the break-away contingent following Rev. Don Armstrong. Ownership has been in dispute since March 2007, when some members and leaders of Grace Church and St. Stephen&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/24\/grace-st-stephens-episcopal-church-once-again.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grace &#038; St Stephen&#8217;s <i>Episcopal<\/i> Church once again&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion-episcopal-church"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11168,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/26\/secession.html","url_meta":{"origin":14324,"position":0},"title":"Secession","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 26-Mar-07 10:44pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Grace and St Stephen's, the largest parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado (after the Cathedral) has voted (in its vestry) to secede from the diocese. 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