U.S. priest takes world stage to confront Episcopal divide
By MICHELLE BOORSTEIN
The Washington Post

WASHINGTON -- Shortly after becoming an Episcopal priest in the late 1970s, Martyn Minns visited Tanzania and was changed forever."I was just blown away by the faith, the commitment, the cost of being a Christian" on a continent where the religion's followers are an embattled minority in some places.

The image of an intense, miracle-working God worth fighting for has fueled the conservative Fairfax City, Va., priest for decades as he and those like him have felt increasingly sidelined in the Episcopal Church, with its progressive politics and sometimes staid worship style. the rest