Bishop Duncan: Rift matter of faithfulness
The leader of the Episcopal reform movement meets with Florida Anglicans.
By JEFF BRUMLEY, The Times-Union
Thursday, November 30, 2006

The leader of a national movement to reform or break away from the Episcopal Church was in Jacksonville Wednesday for a meeting of Florida Anglicans.

The denomination is in the midst of a rift caused in part by the 2003 ordination of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire, which resulted in the departure of parishes and dioceses across the country - including some or all of 16 North Florida congregations.

Bishop Robert Duncan, 58, of Pittsburgh, is the spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion Network, an association of current and former Episcopalians who believe the church has rejected biblical authority. He spoke on everything from the state of the Episcopal Church to local legal disputes over church property to what he termed the "hardened" hearts of those he is battling.

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