Episcopalian church beginning to divide
Most prominent dividing line is whether the Church should ordain gay priests or bless gay unions
By CHRISTOPHER QUINN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
09/18/07

David Wardell no longer cares what the American Episcopalian bishops do when they meet in New Orleans today.

The bishops are facing a deadline from world church leaders to back off approving gay bishops or blessing gay unions, or else face possible breaks in communion with the larger church.

That no longer bothers Wardell and more than 100 other former members of Saint Andrew's in the Pines in Peachtree City because they left the Episcopalian church in February and aligned themselves with a Nigerian bishop. Their new congregation is called All Saints Anglican Church.

Three other metro Atlanta congregations operate under the authority of a Bolivian bishop. the rest