Historic Colo. Parish Breaks from Episcopal Church
By Lillian Kwon
Christian Post Reporter
Mon, May. 28 2007

One of the oldest Anglican churches in Colorado overwhelmingly voted on Saturday to break from the Episcopal Church and join a conservative Anglican group.

Over a month after the governing board (vestry) of Grace Church and St. Stephen's Parish voted to secede from the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado, 93 percent of the 370-member congregation agreed to break away and join the Convocation of Anglicans in North America – a splinter group and offshoot of the Church of Nigeria. Another vote revealed the majority of the parishioners wanted to keep the church property.

"The congregation’s decision to join CANA is the most important decision in Grace Church and St. Stephen’s 135 year history," said Jon Wroblewski, senior warden of the parish's vestry. "We have decided to remain true to the faith of our ancestors and the founders of this parish even as the Episcopal Church departs from the faith and the Anglican Communion.” the rest

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