An official with The Institute on Religion & Democracy isn't surprised that another diocese has decided to leave the Episcopal Church.
Last weekend, the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth voted to leave its convention and end its affiliation with the national denomination. The move comes as leadership in the national denomination continues to approve liberal policies, such as the consecration of homosexual bishop Vickie Gene Robinson in 2003. Faith McDonnell, the religious liberty director at The Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD), says such a decision is not taken lightly. "They have very seriously considered it, considered, as the Bible says counted the cost, and have spent time in prayer and fasting, a period of discernment, and it has been their discernment that the Lord is asking them to take this step," she explains. The Fort Worth Diocese follows the Diocese of San Joaquin as well as Pittsburgh and Quincy in disassociating itself from the Episcopal Church.
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