Episcopal church may go own way
Members uneasy over liberal trends
By Russell Working
Tribune staff reporter
Published March 11, 2007

The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection is celebrating, its worshipers dancing to bongos and electric guitar music, waving purple flags and lifting their hands to the Lord.But an awkward silence falls when a visitor to the West Chicago church calls out that the Holy Spirit has moved him to speak.

For the sake of Episcopalians everywhere, he says, the congregation should reconsider its plans to walk out on the denomination.

"I beg you not to leave, because to these people, your leaving would be a grievous loss," he calls.

If Resurrection follows through on its plans, the congregation will be the first in the Chicago Episcopal Diocese to leave the national church over issues that are also threatening to split the global Anglican Communion, to which Episcopalians belong. the rest