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Is this cause for a sit-down with the pastor, a committee, national church leadership?

Jane Crockett: Should My Kids Learn About the Devil and Sin? Jane Crockett 2011

By wresting properties and potential income from the Episcopal Church, Jack Iker and sympathizers would have much to gain by wresting real estate and followers from the national church, never mind that the national church owns said properties because every diocese is property of the national church.

Breakaway Fort Worth group responds to Episcopal Church lawsuit | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

Twenty-four American bishops say they're going to break away from the Episcopal Church if the election of a gay man as bishop in New Hampshire is approved by the national church.

Philocrites: July 2003 Archives 2003

While there have arisen during the year no grave questions affecting the status in the Russian Empire of American citizens of other faith than that held by the national church, this Government remains firm in its conviction that the rights of its citizens abroad should be in no wise affected by their religious belief.

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

Breaking away from unity again, the majority formed a national church which agreed neither with the Greek nor the Roman Church; a minority, recruited by converts to union with the Holy See in the seventeenth century remained united Armenian

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

While there have arisen during the year no grave questions affecting the status in the Russian Empire of American citizens of other faith than that held by the national church, this Government remains firm in its conviction that the rights of its citizens abroad should be in no wise affected by their religious belief.

State of the Union Address Chester Alan Arthur 1858

He said while some would suggest cutting ties with the national church, others would caution patience.

TheSunNews.com: Local 2009

Lunch and discussion with Gracy, a preservation and conservation expert who has worked with the national church.

Statesman - AP Sports 2009

The court found that the property of St. James Episcopal Church in Newport Beach, Calif., does not belong to the congregation, but rather to the national church, the Los Angeles Times said.

Latest News - UPI.com 2009

St. Francis on the Hill, an Episcopal parish in west El Paso is cutting ties with the national church.

of course, I could be wrong... 2008