Episcopal leader Jefferts Schori picks predominantly gay parish for first official appearance in Dallas

By John Wright
Apr 24, 2008

The Episcopal Church of St. Thomas the Apostle was the first local parish to desegregate, one of the first local parishes to elect a woman to its governing council, and one of the first mainline churches in Dallas to open its doors to people dying from AIDS.

So perhaps it’s only fitting that on Monday, April 28, St. Thomas will be the first congregation in the Dallas Episcopal Diocese to receive a visit from Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the national church. the rest image