Breakaway Anglican: Episcopal Church 'Redefining Itself as Radical Offshoot'
Monday, July 2, 2007
by Lillian Kwon, Christian Today US Correspondent

Members of breakaway Anglican churches in Virginia are grieving for the US Episcopal Church after its recent motion to add additional defendants to a church property lawsuit.

The 11 Virginia churches, their clergy, trustees and lay leaders being sued have filed a memo opposing the denomination's motion to add 76 more unpaid church volunteers to the lawsuit and anyone else in the future.

"It's hard to understand the Episcopal Church's and the diocese's motivation for attacking these volunteers and our churches," said Jim Oakes, vice-chairman of the Anglican District of Virginia, an association of conservative Anglican congregations in Virginia. "The motivation appears to be intimidation, but we remain open to negotiating a reasonable solution." the rest