Credo: John Yates

The Falls Church is in many ways old news. The parish was founded in 1732 and attended by George Washington; the city took its name from the congregation. But the church made international headlines in 2007 when it and six other Anglican churches broke away from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia over issues that included ordination of homosexual bishops. Now, after a long legal battle over whether the diocese or the congregation owns the historic building and its contents, a judge has ruled that the congregation will have to move out. The Rev. John Yates, pastor of the church since 1979, spoke to The Washington Examiner about God’s provision in troubled times.