New church hopes to build relations with other congregation
Wednesday, Mar 28, 2007
By DAN JOHNSON
ARGUS-COURIER STAFF

It’s enough to give the general public a theological headache.

While the congregation that renamed itself St. John’s Anglican Church on Dec. 17 continues to meet at 40 Fifth St., another congregation bearing the church’s former name, St. John’s Episcopal Church, has splintered off and is meeting in members’ homes.

Actual ownership of the Fifth Street property is being disputed, and may have to be determined in the courts. And contrary to the understanding of the leadership of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California, the rector of St. John’s Anglican Church, the Rev. David Miller, claims that he did not renounce his ordination and orders in the Episcopal Church, although he requested temporary shelter for his congregation within the Diocese of Argentina. the rest