Anglican church in crisis debate
By Robert Pigott
BBC News, Columbus, Ohio

The Anglican Church in the United States is holding what is arguably the most important meeting in its history.

The Episcopal Church has been given until the end of its governing Convention to toe the traditionalist line of the rest of the Anglican Communion or face expulsion.

The crisis in the worldwide Anglican Church - which claims 75 million members - started when the Episcopal Church ordained the first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, in November 2003.

Since that event traditionalist Anglicans - many of them in the populous churches in developing countries - have been trying to get rid of the Episcopal Church. the rest