{"id":15326,"date":"2012-01-08T20:53:28","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T01:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15326"},"modified":"2012-01-08T20:53:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T01:53:28","slug":"the-anglican-elvis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/the-anglican-elvis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anglican Elvis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Atop his head is, what he calls, North America\u2019s biggest comb-over. In his wallet is a Memphis sheriff\u2019s badge, an honour bestowed upon him by the city where he preaches and performs several times a year. In the palm of his hand is a congregation that really does love him tender.<\/p>\n

Elvis Priestley isn\u2019t just in the building; he\u2019s filling it with charisma, boundless joy and a heartfelt, deep-knee-bending rendition of \u201cHow Great Thou Art,\u201d a gospel number once recorded by some other guy named Elvis.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Sunday morning at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 426 in Newmarket. It\u2019s where Priestley \u2014 a.k.a. Archbishop Dorian Baxter \u2014 has been holding services since 2003 when he founded Christ the King, Graceland, Independent Anglican Church of Canada.<\/p>\n

But this day is special. For the first time since Baxter was forced out of the mainstream Anglican Church for the Elvisian spin he put on his sermons, the birthday of the real Elvis Presley falls on the anniversary of his church. Presley would have been 77 on Sunday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fancy that: forced out of the Anglican Church of Canada for his \u201cElvisian spin\u201d. So much for inclusion.<\/p>\n

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