Editing Evangelical Orthodox Church (section)

=== Disposition of parishes ===
Fr. John Bartke, who had been a member of the Christian World Liberation Front with Jack Sparks and had acted as the primary intermediary with the AOCANA, served as host for the initial set of [[Chrismation|chrismations]] and [[Ordination of women in Christianity|ordinations]] of the EOC at St. Michael's Church in Van Nuys, California.<ref>Herbel, ''Turning'', p. 123.</ref><ref>Gillquist, ''Becoming Orthodox'', p. 141.</ref> The group of 20 parishes became known as the Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission, which subsequently issued a statement to [[Philip Saliba|Metropolitan Philip]] of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]] stating that they knew what Orthodoxy was. The Antiochian Evangelical Orthodox Mission lasted until 1995 when it was disbanded and the parishes put under the standard diocesan framework of the archdiocese.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | title=Evangelical Orthodox Join Antiochian Jurisdiction | magazine=Theosis | volume=9 | number=9 | date=September 1986 | page=8}}</ref>