Stories of sacrifice from the USA – how God sustained two faithful churches through tough times
by David Binder, Gafcon.
[…] It all started back in 2007, when Reverends Matthew and Ann Kennedy made the difficult decision, alongside dozens of other congregations, to leave The Episcopal Church (TEC) due to the latter’s departure from orthodox biblical Christianity.
TEC did not take kindly to this defection. What followed has the marks of systematic persecution, as they pursued an aggressive lawsuit to repossess all the church’s property despite Good Shepherd being willing to purchase the church building and the rectory from the diocese for a good price.
Indeed, in an almost unbelievable twist, the diocese sold the property for a third of the price Good Shepherd had offered to a local Muslim Group! The building, now no longer a place of faithful gospel witness, stands as an ‘Islamic Awareness Centre.’ Tragically, the diocese preferred to sell to an organisation spreading the message of Islam than to a church who had for years preached Jesus and the true biblical gospel.
And so, the Kennedys (who lived in the rectory) were now homeless and the congregation had nowhere to meet. Game over, right?
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