Renewal group 'convenient target' for Episcopal Church

Russ Jones   OneNewsNow
 11/13/2010

A liberal mainline denomination is blaming a conservative watchdog group in Washington, DC, for its decline in membership.

The Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD) says it is under attack from the Episcopal Church Diocese of New York. The General Convention of that diocese said in a statement it will consider a resolution to "assess the threat to religious freedom posed by the activities of the IRD and related groups."

Mark Tooley, president of IRD, said the United Methodist Church along with the Presbyterian Church USA may join in an investigation concerning the supposed upheaval caused by his organization. "Some activist liberals in the New York diocese are looking for a mysterious hobgoblin to blame for the situation," he summarizes, "and the IRD is a convenient target for them." the rest