Trinity Episcopal Church's proposed break from the national church has divided Vero Beach congregation
By Elliott Jones
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

VERO BEACH — Opponents of Trinity Episcopal Church's proposed break from the Episcopal Church turned down the church leadership's latest offer: $1.3 million for a new church, representatives said Monday.

Last week, opposition from a minority of the church's membership prompted the Central Florida Diocese to withdraw an earlier proposal that included letting the majority keep the existing church property. However opponents would have gotten an historic chapel next to the main sanctuary, church and diocese officials said. the rest