Bishop embodies split in Anglican Communion sects
By Russell Working
Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO - Wearing a scarlet miter and colorful vestments, Anglican Bishop Frank Lyons of Bolivia stood before an Evanston, Ill., church last Sunday and called the faithful to kneel at the altar.

"If there is anyone in the congregation of the Church of Christ the King ... who would like to come forward and reaffirm their faith, we invite you now," he said.

Lyons, 51, is not simply a visiting missionary, however. He is overseeing this and 28 other congregations from Virginia to San Diego that have broken with the Episcopal Church over their interpretations of the Bible, a dispute that was spurred by the election of an openly gay bishop in 2003.

Lyonsis emerging as a rallying figure for conservatives in the Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church. Saying the leadership has turned its back on these people, he is offering a haven to grateful parishes but angering church leaders who accuse him of using the denomination's divisions to promote himself. the rest