Anglican church in Qatar to be fully operational next year

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The Anglican Centre in Doha's church complex will be fully operational by the end of next year, the church rector has said.

According to Father Bill Schwartz, the 35 million Qatari riyal complex, under construction since 2008, will be ready by the end of 2012 and will offer Christian Protestant denominational groups a location to worship.

"Building is moving ahead apace, and moving ahead in line with our expectations. The building should be usable by Christmas next year," he said, quoted by Qatari daily Gulf Times.

The centre is currently providing space for some 42 different groups, who use the variety of permanent and temporary buildings on a regular basis.

"On a Friday, we have all the groups using the rooms on a rotational basis," the rector said. "Every week we have around between 4,000 and 5,000 people using the centre."

The centre is part of the church complex which was opened in 2008 with the aim of providing a space to worship for the Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Coptic denominational groups, as well as the inter-denominational centre which hosts a number of Indian church groups.

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