Episcopal Church faces threat
By Natasha AltamiranoT
HE WASHINGTON TIMES
February 2, 2007

The Episcopal Church, which recently lost 15 Virginia congregations over liberal policies, faces a possible expulsion from the worldwide Anglican Communion when the leaders of the communion's 38 national churches meet in Tanzania later this month, conservative Anglicans say.

A priority for this year's meeting in Dar es Salaam is dealing with the Episcopal Church, which has clashed with conservatives for decades over biblical authority and sexuality.

The debate reached a boiling point after the church's 2003 General Convention, where the denomination's first openly homosexual bishop, V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, was elected.

"The Episcopal Church is likely to get spanked at Dar es Salaam," said the Rev. Leslie Fairfield, professor of church history at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry near Pittsburgh. the rest