Episcopal congregation in Somerset splits over biblical debate
Thursday, January 24, 2008

(AP) -A western Pennsylvania Episcopal congregation has split, the latest in a long line of divisions in the church over interpretations of Christianity's basic tenets.

Rev. Mark Zimmerman of the St. Francis-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Somerset announced in a statement Friday that he was leaving. Zimmerman said he would be creating the Somerset Anglican Fellowship, which will also be governed by the Anglican Communion.

The Somerset church is the latest western Pennsylvania congregation to split due to a clash between those who choose to interpret the bible liberally and the more evangelical sectors of the church. Several have voted to cut ties with the more liberal Presbyterian Church USA.
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