Church of the Epiphany (Anglican, Virginia)

The Church of the Epiphany is an Anglican church located in Herndon, Virginia. The current church residing at this location belongs to the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic of the Anglican Church in North America.

History

The original church was established in 1985 when Truro Church in Fairfax planned to establish a mission church in Western Fairfax County. Groundbreaking for the church's first building on the corner of Franklin Farm Rd. and Fairfax County Parkway, took place in March 1988, and three years later the parish was established.^[1][2]

The congregation voted, with the majority choosing to break from the Episcopal Church in 2006 and affiliate with the Anglican Province of Nigeria and Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA). As the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) was formed, and the Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic came into being in 2011, Epiphany became part of the new local diocese. A legal battle ensued over which segment of the congregation had rights to the church building, with the majority faction continuing to worship in the facilities and the minority moving to rented facilities. In 2012 the minority congregation returned to the original church building in Franklin Farm, while the majority congregation moved to 13515 Dulles Technology Drive.^[1][3]

References

1. 1 2 History according to the website of the church
2. ↑ Don W. Massey (1989). The Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of Virginia: Alphabetical Listing of Active Churches by Regions and Existing Churches Not Having Regular Services. Diocese Church Histories. p. 91. 
3. ↑ http://epiphanyanglican.net/about/story/

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Coordinates: 38°57′11″N 77°24′46″W / 38.95306°N 77.41278°W / 38.95306; -77.41278

1. ↑
2. ↑ http://juicyecumenism.com/2012/01/12/episcopal-diocese-of-virginia-faces-costs-of-legal-victory/