Church may leave Episcopal diocese
By Jennifer Portman
DEMOCRAT SENIOR WRITER

Episcopal Church of the Advent on Piedmont Drive is poised to become the latest Tallahassee church to split from its denomination in the wake of the 2003 ordination of a gay bishop.

The Revs. Robert Coon Jr. and Travis Boline have informed Episcopal Diocese of Florida Bishop S. Johnson Howard they plan to leave the church.

"We do not have a date yet," Coon said. "We are kind of building the plane as we fly it."

A representative of the bishop's office in Jacksonville plans to be at Advent on Sunday to deliver a message to the pastor and congregation: Please stay.The rest