The disagreements centered around women clergy and LGBT recognition in the church.
Author: William Joy (WFAA)
Updated: 10:31 PM CDT April 15, 2021
Jackie Meeks sat in the back pew she’s called home for years, as a handful of fellow church members took down a golden six-foot tall Christus Rex hung above the altar.
“It’s so crazy to see it coming down,” she said. “You just think it would always be there.”
She’s a member at St. Christopher’s, which is one of six Fort Worth Episcopal churches moving out of their buildings over a lawsuit that has divided thousands of the faith’s members in North Texas.