“The Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, another old, historic downtown church has most graciously offered their facilities for us,” Robertson says.

Members of Georgia’s oldest Episcopal church are making one more appeal in their long-running fight to hang on to a church they believe is theirs.

Savannah’s 277 year-old Christ Church broke off from its diocese over a raft of issues dividing Anglicans world-wide, including the ordination of gay priests.

Recently, a state appeals court ruled, church members had to give their historic building back to the diocese

Pastor Marc Robertson says, although church leaders are appealing to the state Supreme Court, they’re also prepared to leave their sanctuary, which is worth millions of dollars and occupies a very prominent location downtown.

“The church is not brick and mortar. The church is people,” Robertson says. “We may have an opportunity to live that out in a way that very few American congregations have a chance to experience.”

Robertson says, church leaders are meeting with church members in small groups this month to prepare for what might come next.

Eviction could come soon if the high court refuses to hear the case.

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