By David Paulsen Episcopal News Service All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, Texas, has filed for bankruptcy protection, partly citing the “bad faith and scorched-earth tactics” of the Anglican Church in North America’s Fort Worth diocese, which in April took possession of the Episcopal congregation’s church and rectory. All Saints’, with about 1,500 members and annual … [Read more...] about ‘Scorched Earth’ Cited in Fort Worth Bankruptcy Case
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TEC Pays $4.5 Million to ACNA’s Fort Worth Diocese
By Kirk Petersen The Episcopal Church (TEC) has paid $4.5 million in legal fees and expenses to the Fort Worth diocese of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), in a mediated settlement after more than a decade of litigation involving an estimated $100 million in church properties. After 12 years of wins and losses along the way, TEC lost its final appeal when the … [Read more...] about TEC Pays $4.5 Million to ACNA’s Fort Worth Diocese
A Painful Divorce in Fort Worth
By Kirk Petersen A long-simmering dispute between rival religious denominations in Fort Worth has escalated after a decisive court ruling. Congregations have been forced out of the church buildings where they have worshiped for years. One of them stripped the church bare before turning over the keys — taking even the pews. The new management at another church launched a … [Read more...] about A Painful Divorce in Fort Worth
ACNA Seeks Expanded Foothold in Dallas & Albany
By Kirk Petersen For the second time this year, a diocese of the conservative Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has announced plans to expand into the geographic boundaries of a conservative Episcopal diocese. The theological solidarity of traditional Anglicanism is bumping up against the imperatives of emerging jurisdictions. Since ACNA was founded in 2009 by … [Read more...] about ACNA Seeks Expanded Foothold in Dallas & Albany
Fort Worth Episcopalians Mourn Property Loss
By David Paulsen Episcopal News Service The church property at 4301 Meadowbrook Drive on the east side of Fort Worth, Texas, has long been a hub of Episcopal activity, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Luke’s in the Meadow, a congregation of about a hundred members, has worshipped there since 1948. Its Sunday school wing now houses Fort Worth’s diocesan offices. A … [Read more...] about Fort Worth Episcopalians Mourn Property Loss
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Ft. Worth Case
By Kirk Petersen In a victory for the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), the United States Supreme Court declined without comment on February 22 to consider property and naming rights in Fort Worth. This leaves standing a Texas Supreme Court ruling that awards $100 million worth of church properties to the group that left the Episcopal Church (TEC) in 2008. Many of … [Read more...] about U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Ft. Worth Case
ACNA Fort Worth Diocese Wins in Texas
By Kirk Petersen The Supreme Court of Texas ruled on May 22 that the faction that formally withdrew from the Episcopal Church (TEC) in 2008 is, nevertheless, the continuing "Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth" -- and is thereby entitled to more than $100 million worth of church properties held in trust by that diocese. For more than a decade there have been two entities … [Read more...] about ACNA Fort Worth Diocese Wins in Texas
Jack Iker, a Founding Bishop of ACNA, Retires in Fort Worth
By Kirk Petersen The Rt. Rev. Jack Iker, one of the founding bishops of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), retired at the end of 2019. He served from 1995 to 2008 as Bishop of Fort Worth in the Episcopal Church (TEC), then led many of the clergy and parishioners in the diocese in disassociating from TEC as part of a broader separation movement. Since 2008 he has … [Read more...] about Jack Iker, a Founding Bishop of ACNA, Retires in Fort Worth