[Heartofsong83]

That is accelerating even more since 2001 - despite the fact that overall church attendance in Canada has spiked upward since then.

There is a good reason why I recently left that church.

[Alexander Rubin]

RE: How the Anglican Church of Canada is rapidly losing members.

"Almost as if to confirm McKerracher's impression, Canadian Archbishop Andrew Hutchison told The Church of England Newspaper that although the report was a "wake-up call," he hoped a new emphasis on social justice and ecumenical cooperation would stem the decline."

I thought you all might be interested in this.

[frogjerk]

There is a good reason why I recently left that church.

ROBINSON: "Does this collar make me look fat?...BTW, did you say something?"

[p. henry]

They are called worship services, Bishop, not social justice and ecumenical cooperation services. People go to church to worship God, not to participate in the latest liberation theology activities. What a maroon.

[MeanWestTexan]

Is there an alternative conservative anglican-communion church springing up in Canada akin to how the American Anglican churches are springing up to replace the former Episcopal churches?

[Investment Biker]

The same thing is going to happen to American Catholic Churches. However it will not be due to conservative-liberal underpinnings. It will be due to the fact that the church has done little to engage children and young adults. I look at my church on Sunday and it is filled with gray hair. Over the next twenty - third years they will die and there will be very few left in the pews. It is a shame and it may be two late to engage the age group.

[bcsco]

"There is a good reason why I recently left that church."

This is also the reason the wife and I left the ELCA last year for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Both organizations are headed by liberal/socialists who's agenda is socially oriented, instead of a committment to the religious health of their members.

[Alexander Rubin]

Thought you and your Anglican ping list might be interested in this, buddy. ;)

Check out the last line.

[leilani]

Meanwhile, Anglican & Episcopalian converts to the RC camp are proceeding apace. The new Anglican rite parishes in the US (Our Lady of Atonement in San Antonio was the founding parish, courtesy of JP II) are busting at the seams, not just with converts from all the C of E offshoots & other ex-protestants of various provenance, but with cradle Catholics fed up with the namby-pamby,don't-want-to-offend-anyone moral relativist priests in their own parishes, who also treasure the ang. rite's beautifully reverential services, not to mention their proudly pro-Vatican, vocally pro-life, and refreshingly old-school theological outlook.They are so retro, they are positively cutting-edge to all of us post Vatican II babies. And devout pre-V2 folks really feel at home there as well. Our Lady of A in S.A. haven't even finished putting on the final touches to the most recent addition to their church but judging from the service I attended a couple of weeks ago, it looks like they're going to have to call back the contractors to tack on another extension. It's amazing!

[N. Theknow]

Will the last person in the Anglican/
Episcopalian Church turn off the lights. Or maybe blow out only the candles.

[rasblue]

That is accelerating even more since 2001 - despite the fact that overall church attendance in Canada has spiked upward since then.

There is a good reason why I recently left that church.


Why did you specifically choose to leave the Anglican Church? Leaving a church is a huge life decision, just wondering how you came about it?

[Antioch]

Here's a few photos I took of Anglican Church events in Toronto to illustrate the response to Christ's call "Follow me..."

Exhibit A

Ever wonder where your hard-earned pennies go after the collection plate is whisked away? Despite severe cash flow problems in the Anglican Church, there's no shortage of money for truck rentals for the Anglican float in the Annual Gay Pride day.

Exhibit B

To pay for heating and upkeep, some historic Anglican parishes are now forced to clear the pews out on weekends, and rent their churches out to Kundalini spirit channelling sessions.

[Unam Sanctam]

he hoped a new emphasis on social justice and ecumenical cooperation would stem the decline

They just cannot get it, can they?