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Patricia Owen's Church: Withraws Over Gay Ordination

The Revealer:

Blogger Too Beautiful catches an important omission in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram profile of controversial Bush judicial nominee Priscilla Owen. In what appears to be an attempt to humanize the widely-feared nominee, reporter Dave Montgomery notes Owens' involvement in her church's Sunday school. Fine. But should Montgomery have also noted that the church is as much in the fray as Owens? Too Beautiful did his homework and discovered that Owens' congregation left the Episcopal Church last year in protest of homosexual ordination. Seems like a salient detail, and one that the paper overlooked not because they were whitewashing it, but because reporters and editors likely file "church" under one catchall, feel-good category.

From the Statesman article:

St. Barnabas, the North Austin congregation that left the Episcopal Church in June, has found a spiritual and physical home: the Evangelical Covenant Church and a parish activity center at St. William's Catholic Church in Round Rock.

It's an unexpected mingling of Christian traditions, said the Rev. Jeff Black, whose flock voted to leave the denomination because members believed Episcopal leadership had abandoned scriptural authority. At issue were the ordination of a noncelibate gay bishop and blessing rites for same-sex unions.

From the Star-Telegram article:

To the nearly 300 congregants at St. Barnabas the Encourager Evangelical Convent Church in Austin, she is admired as a "caring person" who teaches Sunday School classes for children from kindergarten-age to the fifth grade, says the Rev. Jeff Black. "She's the soul of graciousness,' he said.

[hat tip Norwegianity.]

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    Re: Patricia Owen's Church: Withraws Over Gay Ordi (none / 0) (#1)
    by The Heretik on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:59:33 PM EST
    By their gods ye shall know them.