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

[Ann Markle]

David Virtue?  It figures.  David Virtue is one of the more biased people
you could possibly read.  Martin, try to consider (and broaden, and
balance) your sources.  I feel badly for your limited view of God and
scripture.  I will pray that your eyes, heart and mind may be opened.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Zephonites--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Jim
>
> This is the article to which I was referring
>
> http://www.virtueonline.org/binghamton-ny-episcopal-diocese-sells-historic-church-muslims
>
> The  death knell for the structure as a Christian house of worship was
> delivered on  February 9, 2010, when it was sold to Imam Muhammad Affify,
> doing
> business as  the Islamic Awareness Center, for a mere $50,000, a fraction
> of
> the church's  assessed $386,400 value.
>
> That  isn't even mart business
>
> Blessings
> Martin
>
> In a message dated 27/06/2015 22:28:24 GMT Daylight Time,
> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
>
> From:  Zephonites--- via Magdalen
>
> >You know that TEC's policy under the  present PB is not to sell back to a
> >departing congregation (but rather  in one case they sold the building
> below
>
> I know no such thing. Our PB  does not have that power. Several dioceses
> have
> sold churches to departed  congregations during the past 30 years or so
> when this
> crap started over  the 1979 BCP and Women's Ordination.
>
> I do like the Xenophobic Muslim  reference in your e-mail though. In some
> quarters here in the U.S., that  would extend to "The PB is okay selling
> churches
> to Muslims but not okay  selling to poor downtrodden schismatics who harass
> their
> bishop (and hate  those LGBT people).
>
> Seriously, I think you're unfamiliar with TEC, or  have at least been
> reading
> anti-TEC propaganda in lieu of actual news  of  TEC. Heck some of us even
> get a
> dose of that when The Livid  Church chows up on the doorstep <g>.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>
>