The members of both churches voted to disaffiliate and seek oversight from the Anglican bishop of Recife, Robinson Cavalcanti.
In December 2006, Warner and the diocese signed a seven-year agreement—modeled on a biblical jubilee—with St. Stephen's and St. Charles that allowed the breakaway congregations to use their buildings.
[5][6] A small remnant of Episcopalians in Oak Harbor numbering about a dozen continued to worship under the name "St. Stephen's Episcopal Church," using the 1954 chapel building on the parish grounds.
[2] By June 2014, when the agreement expired, the Episcopal Church had successfully retained property from departing congregations in almost all court decisions.
[6][8] Grace by the Sea purchased a former YMCA building in downtown Oak Harbor as its church home.