About 10,000 Episcopalians are converging on Indianapolis to participate in the church's weeklong 77th General Convention, which begins today.

The Episcopal Church, made up of 110 dioceses in 16 nations, has faced great turmoil since the 2003 election of the denomination's first openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson. Differing opinions over the Bible and homosexuality have caused schisms and threatened its historic ties with the Anglican Communion.

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