Episcopal Church

Several Episcopal congregations were displaced in April after a 12-year legal battle. The courts handed five church buildings to a more conservative breakaway group. Since then, the losing side has found new places to worship, while the conservative side figures out what to do with the buildings it won.

A group of North Texas Episcopalians lost several church buildings after a 12-year lawsuit over who is the true Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. Now, the losing side has to hand over everything that was inside the buildings — from money to the coffee maker in the church kitchen.

Two opposing Episcopal groups have been locked in a property battle over five church buildings for more than a decade. Now, with the more conservative side winning out, the congregations at five churches have to find new places to worship.