St. Francis on the Hill church elects to leave Episcopal Church

By Diana Washington Valdez
El Paso Times
10/27/2008

EL PASO - St. Francis-on-the-Hill in West El Paso has elected to leave the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A, according to an announcement by the Very Rev. Mark Goodman of the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.

The church also is leaving Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande.

The vestry of St. Francis-on-the-Hill in El Paso voted Oct. 21 to leave the Episcopal Church, with a majority in favor of the action, Goodman said.

"This decision comes after meetings between the congregation, the president of the standing committee and the assisting bishop of the Diocese of the Rio Grande, the Right Rev. William Frey," Goodman said. the rest