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St Albans Church enjoys 'rebirth'

FOR EPISCOPALIANS or Anglicans the death of a parish or mission church occurs when its congregation is so small that keeping the doors open is impractical. That was the situation in which St Albans Church at 9408 Farragut Road, a large West Indian Episcopal parish in the heart of Brooklyn's Canarsie community, found itself in the early 1980s.

"Actually, St Albans was scheduled to be closed by the Long Island Diocese of the Episcopal Church," explained Reverend George Bonner, the rector. "It was felt that little could be done to merit keeping it alive. On Sundays, the church often had less than 20 worshippers in its pews. "

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