Pittsburgh: Convention to start despite lawsuit over split dioceses

Episcopalians calm in rough sea
Friday, October 15, 2010
By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

As its convention opens today, the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh is calm, planning for growth and launching the search for a permanent bishop.

"One of the things we are happy about is that it's just a normal convention," said Provisional Bishop Kenneth Price, who has been helping the diocese heal from a 2008 split in which the previous bishop and majority of parishes broke from the Episcopal Church over theological issues.

"I've been impressed with the way the people of the diocese have come together. The congregations at this point are intent on building up their churches, not on fighting," he said. the rest