“Can anything good come out of Nazareth.” If Forward in Faith and the Anglican Church in North America were attempting to find the best venue for the ordination and consecration of Fr. William Henry Ilgenfritz, then we failed miserably. Charleroi Pennsylvania is not a main thoroughfare, and although it has been called the “Magic City” because of its former prominence as the center of several industries, since the closure of virtually every industrial facility, Charleroi has lost some of her magic.

A Capsule History of Recent Events in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Marjorie W. Avery, Peggy Bruce and Cris Fouse, Forward in Faith NA (c)1997

Introduction
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. Do not be led away by
diverse and strange teachings… (Hebrews 13:8-9)

It is the hope of Forward in Faith, North America, that this booklet will shed light on
the events and attitudes which have led to the situation in which we now find our-
selves in the Episcopal Church of the USA. Changes which might have seemed