{"id":25706,"date":"2018-02-20T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=25706"},"modified":"2018-02-20T21:56:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T02:56:11","slug":"churches-for-sale-in-the-diocese-of-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/churches-for-sale-in-the-diocese-of-b-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches for sale in the Diocese of New Westminster"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Diocese of New Westminster real-estate company is selling some more of its properties. The most expensive is St. Mark\u2019s in Kitilano which they are hoping will fetch almost $12M. The one-time Christian denomination claims the money will be used for Anglican ministry,\u00a0<\/em>code for the panting hot pursuit of the latest cultural fad to assail the fevered imagination of its trendy clerics.<\/p>\n

According to the diocese, the congregations are physically \u201cmoving elsewhere\u201d, in much the same way as the diocese has, in relation to Christianity, theologically moved elsewhere.<\/p>\n

At the last General Synod that I was unfortunate enough to attend, I remember one aggrieved soul bewailing the fact that the synod was being held on land stolen from its original Indigenous residents. The diocese makes much<\/a> of its efforts to reconcile with the First People. I see no mention of giving back the land occupied by these churches, though; $12M is a lot of money, after all.<\/p>\n

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

\"\"St. Mark\u2019s Anglican Church, a 100-year-old facility in Kitsilano, one of B.C.\u2019s most upscale areas, is up for sale at the steep price of $11,998,000.<\/p>\n

Rev. Richard Leggett said Anglican churches in the Vancouver area are moving elsewhere due to, in part, the steep cost of housing.<\/p>\n

Other Anglican properties up for sale include St. Margaret of Scotland in Burnaby and St. Monica\u2019s in Horseshoe Bay.<\/p>\n

\u201cHousing prices in Vancouver have grown so rapidly and so high that the grandchildren of the grandparents who built the church are no longer living nearby,\u201d said Leggett.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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