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

[Zephonites at aol.com]

Jay
 
I guess I have to thank the Lord that I was called to live across the  
pond.)))
 
Blessings
Martin
 
 
In a message dated 27/06/2015 23:02:16 GMT Summer Time,  
jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:

Martin,  if you're going to use David Virtue as your "reliable source" here,
you'd  best be an aficionado of asbestos skivvies. Consider this a  friendly
warning.

On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Ann Markle  <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> 
wrote:

> 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
>  >
> >
>  >
>