[Magdalen] A California court has been asked to block the sale of St Jame...

[Zephonites at aol.com]

Jim
 
I am glad I have it wrong. Forgive me
 
But how do you justify selling off a church building against the wishes of  
the congregation, given that the church was well on the road to recovery of 
 worshippers?
 
In the 60-s a friend of mine,  the late Canon Malcolm  Widdacombe was put 
in as Curate in Charge at Pip and Jay in Bristol to tide  it over until the 
Bishop could close  it down as it had falling numbers and  wasn't paying its 
way.
 
He and others got on their knees and prayed and within 10 years it was a  
flagship church for the Diocese meeting its quota and give £10K to mission  
annually.
 
http://archive.pipnjay.org/component/content/article/10-history/356-60s70s-s
tory
 
Blessings
Martin
 
 
In a message dated 27/06/2015 14:42:31 GMT Daylight Time,  
jhandsfield at att.net writes:

Martin,  I said no such thing.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you  can use to change the 
world.” — Nelson Mandela

Jim  Handsfield
jhandsfield at att.net




> On Jun 27, 2015, at  5:21 AM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen 
<magdalen at herberthouse.org>  wrote:
> 
> JIm
> 
> Your reply is quite  enlightening.
> 
> If I understand you correctly , what you are  saying in short is unless  
a 
> church (who subscribes to the  doctrine and authority of TEC) agrees 
fully  
> with the personal  beliefs of the Bishop of the Diocese (the fact that 
they  
> just  happen to be sitting on prime real estate land has no bearing on 
the   
> matter) - the Diocese is quite entitled to sell off the church, even  
after the  
> church has accepted the discipline of the  Diocese?
> 
> If this is so, is TEC now officially   anti-Charismatic (ie  that the 
gifts 
> of the Holy Spirit have no  place in TEC). 
> 
> Blessings
> Martin
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> In a message dated 26/06/2015 14:44:27 GMT Daylight  Time,  
> jhandsfield at att.net writes:
> 
> St.   James has been a thorn in the side of the diocese for decades.  It 
was  
> extreme in the charismatic renewal movement and became extreme in  its  
> conservatism.
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>  Thinking one can behave their way  into heaven is an insult to the very  
> foundation of salvation.
> 
> Jim   Handsfield
> jhandsfield at att.net
>