Florida: Trinity church in Vero Beach may break from national organization
By Elliott Jones
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

VERO BEACH — Disagreements over religious beliefs are leading Trinity Episcopal Church to consider breaking from the national Episcopal Church, following in the footsteps of other parishes in Florida and nationwide.

The Rev. Lorne Coyle says the national church is being unorthodox, in his estimation, on everything from interpretations of the Bible to allowing a gay bishop to be ordained in 2003. He is not alone in his beliefs — members of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin, Calif., voted this week to split from the national church, the first entire diocese to make such a move.

The Episcopal Church nationally has a "culture the Holy Spirit cannot honor," Coyle said. "It is losing members." the rest