From Atlanta-
Jacqueline Forde-Wright was raised in a quiet, subdued Anglican church in Barbados. She wasn’t quite prepared for the clapping, standing and shouting at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
She didn’t expect to be moved to tears by the sermon that seemed to be directed at her.
And she didn’t realize that when she walked into the church five years ago it would become her second home.
“It happens a lot in our church. The sermon and the choir often move you to tears,” Forde-Wright said. “You just don’t go to church at St. Paul’s. It is church. It’s all around you.”
The church, parceled beyond a slight bend on Peyton Road, is one of the fastest growing church in the Atlanta diocese, which include 96 churches in north and middle Georgia.
And, according to local Episcopalians, it’s one of the largest African-American parishes in the Episcopal Church nationwide.
“It really stands out as a church because of its music, the preaching and the outreach,” said Nan Ross, spokeswoman for The Episcopal Diocese of Greater Atlanta. “There is just a lot of positive energy in that place and it’s attracted a lot of people.”
More here-
http://cascade.patch.com/articles/cascades-st-pauls-episcopal-church-one-of-fastest-growing-in-nation#photo-6188338
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