Leaving church is more than just using door
By JEFF BRUMLEY,
The Times-Union

Imagine worshiping in the same building where your parents and grandparents worshiped, where their names are etched in foundation stones or on the panes of stained-glass windows.

Perhaps they are even buried beside the church -- the same church where your children were baptized, confirmed and married.

Now picture turning your back forever on a place made sacred by such memories and history because you believe your denomination has strayed dangerously far from biblical values.

Could you do it?

That's the painful question roughly 4,000 North Florida Episcopalians may have to answer after six conservative congregations leave the Jacksonville-based Episcopal Diocese of Florida and the Episcopal Church USA by Jan. 6. The rest at Connecticut Six