Patience, faith encouraged for Episcopalians
Meeting is fourth of five held in local church diocese.
August 9, 2006
By Diane Haag

The Episcopalians of Shreveport were asked for continued faith and patience with the church by Bishop Bruce MacPherson on Tuesday.

In a special meeting held at St. Mark's Cathedral, the bishop and delegates to the Episcopal General Convention gave their reports from the national meeting and responded to the current controversies starting with homosexuality.

"We are still in the process of having to wait -- not in our time but in God's time -- and to be willing to wait in faith and hope," MacPherson said before the meeting.

Shreveport's meeting was the fourth of five he was holding throughout the diocese, which includes the area between the Lake Charles, Lafayette, Monroe and Shreveport areas. In those meetings, the bishop said he has seen much anxiety and frustration.

Before a nearly full Cathedral, the bishop criticized the actions of the wider church but called for perseverance from the local church. the rest