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Article: BC congregation breaks away (St Alban's Anglican Church in Port Alberni)
- Article from:
- Anglican Journal
- Article date:
- February 1, 1996
CopyrightCopyright Anglican Church of Canada Feb 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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PORT ALBERNI, B.C.--Calling the Anglican church a "crumbling institution," the congregation of St. Alban's Anglican Church in this pulp mill town on Vancouver Island's west coast has voted to call it quits and start its own community church.
The vote to "disaffiliate" was approved by a margin of 120 to 15 at a special meeting on Jan. 10. Following the meeting, the church rector, Rev. John Cox, issued an eight-page statement outlining reasons for the congregation's action.
The national church's attitude towards homosexuals, the approval of the new hymn book and the "church's failure to affirm the uniqueness of the Scriptures" by revising wording to refer to God as Mother, the Holy Spirit as ...