Two of the oldest and largest church congregations in the United States have voted to break away from the Episcopal Church, the American branch of the Anglican communion. The Truro Church and Falls Church in northern Virginia will now answer to an Archbishop in Nigeria.DEARLY BELOVED IN CHRIST,The dispute follows a decision three years ago to consecrate gay man Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire. That led to a global battle in the worldwide Anglican communion that has turned bitter and highly political. Several other congregations in the US have already left the national church, but none so high profile as these. This decision further empowers Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria, who has supported the Government there in criminalising homosexual activity.
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