Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Half of Anglican Church of Canada's Quebec parishes set to close


Secularism combined with rural flight may lead to the extinction of the Anglican Church of Canada’s Diocese of Quebec with 64 per cent of congregations closing or amalgamating with other parishes in the next five years. In a reflection recently published on the diocese’s website, Nancy Clark writes the demographic sustainability of the province’s English-speaking communities are in doubt, and with it the future of the diocese. Read more

See also
Living on the edge of change
Do not be afraid, for there is hope
Gary Nicolosi, as reported in the article, "Do not be afraid, for there is hope," advocates that the Anglican and United churches in Quebec focus on aging boomers, which is essentially a population base that can expected to dwindle over the next three decades. This is a strategy for extinction.

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