A very preliminary ruling has been handed down in the lawsuit between the two entities that describe themselves as the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. One, led by Bishop Jack Iker, withdrew from the Episcopal Church and aligned with...
The Episcopal Church filed suit Tuesday in Tarrant County District Court, seeking to regain control of properties held by the break away contingent led by Bishop Jack Iker. Suzanne Gill, who handles communications for Iker, sent the following a...
The Episcopal Church is suing to regain properties held by a breakaway contingent of churches led by Bishop Jack Iker. I learned of the suit about 5 p.m., and immediately called Iker's office for comment. The office was closed....
The Rev. Wylie Miller, vicar of the Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Dallas' Pleasant Grove area, sent the commentary below. It addresses the breakup of the Fort Worth Episcopal Diocese into two dioceses - one, led by Bishop...
The Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, has called a special meeting for Saturday, Feb. 7, in Fort Worth, one purpose of which will be election of a provisional bishop for the Fort Worth Diocese....
Last month, Bishop Jack Iker of the Fort Worth Episcopal Diocese successfully championed withdrawal by the doicese from the Episcopal Church. The diocese's clergy and lay delegates decided to realign with an Argentina-based province of the Anglican Communion -...
The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, has "inhibited" Bishop Jack Iker of Fort Worth, ordering him not to perform as an ordained priest. This owes to his championing a departure from the Episcopal...
Clergy and lay leaders took the final vote today to withdraw the Fort Worth Episcopal Diocese from the Episcopal church and realign with a conservative, Argentina-based province of the Anglican Communion. Fort Worth Bishop Jack Iker championed the move,...
Episcopal News Service has a story on Bishop Jack Iker and his 10-point rationale for why the Diocese of Fort Worth should leave the Episcopal Church and realign with the Anglican Province of the Southern Cone. The Diocese is...
The Episcopal News Service has a story on the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth's latest step toward leaving the Episcopal Church....
Bishop Jack Iker of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth wants those bishops who support Bishop Gene Robinson, the openly gay church leader from New Hampshire, to withdraw from the Lambeth Conference underway in England. Iker is quoted to...
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