{"id":22899,"date":"2015-04-30T14:26:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=22899"},"modified":"2015-04-30T14:26:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T18:26:22","slug":"another-diocese-of-niagara-church-on-the-brink-of-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/another-diocese-of-niagara-church-on-the-brink-of-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Diocese of Niagara church on the brink of closing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The congregation of St. David and St. Patrick<\/a> in Guelph will be worshipping in a Lutheran Church starting in June. The Anglican Church of Canada and Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have been combining their office space and holding joint synods for some time now, so it\u2019s not surprising to see consolidation at the parish level; this is almost certainly the first of many. The ACoC and ELCIC, for all their spiritual posturing, are behaving in much the same way as secular businesses. Unlike secular businesses, though, while paying no tax themselves, the ACoC and ELCIC lobby the government to redistribute other people\u2019s wealth by increasing their taxes; this is called prophetic social justice making<\/em>.<\/p>\n

After the public relations debacle<\/a> with the closing of St. Matthias in Guelph, the diocese is understandably leery about yet another church closure and probable sale of the property to developers. It seems that the parishioners are not \u201callowed to talk about the issue\u201d. <\/em>What would happen to them if they do, I wonder? Shipped off to Justice Camp<\/a> for re-education, I expect.<\/p>\n

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

GUELPH\u2014As the debate around the sale of the St. Matthias Anglican church heats up, the future of another Anglican place of worship in the Royal City is left uncertain.<\/p>\n

The Anglican Diocese of Niagara says the congregation at St. David and St. Patrick, at 520 Speedvale Ave. E., will move to worship at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church this June.<\/p>\n

Reverend Bill Mous, director of justice, community and global ministries at the diocese, wrote in an email to the Mercury the Anglican parish has entered into a two-year “partnership agreement” with the nearby Lutheran church.<\/p>\n

That leaves the future of the Anglican church building unclear.<\/p>\n

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A person who answered the phone at the Anglican church said no one there was allowed to talk about the issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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