From CT-St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Newhallville is confronting questions about its very existence, but it is not alone.
Eight Episcopal parishes in New Haven have been engaged in talks at the diocesan offices in Meriden about their future. Like all of the so-called mainline Protestant denominations, the Episcopal Church is dealing with the decline in churchgoers while many parishes are weighed down with expensive, if beautiful, churches.
“We have until Dec. 4 really to resolve several issues that we have to address,” said Lou Campbell, senior warden of St. Andrew’s. These include “a deficit that accumulated over many, many years … and also we don’t have a priest so we have to start moving toward getting a priest.”
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http://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle/20160530/8-episcopal-parishes-in-new-haven-consider-future-as-congregations-shrink-costs-grow
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