From New York-
The Rev. Claire Woodley-Aitchison has been rector at St. Mary's Episcopal Church for the past 10 years and during that decade the number of people attending the Mohegan Lake church has grown tremendously.
According to experts, the growth of the church is contrary to what's happening nationally to mainstream churches in the United States.
According to the latest data in Association of Religious Data Archives, in 2000 the Episcopal Church in Westchester County had an adherence rate of approximately 16 (16.1), which means that 16 out of every 1,000 people in the county are Episcopalian.
Woodley-Aitchison was invited to the church 15 years ago as a consultant to help the church sort out a conflict inside the congregation. Churches sometimes can have negativity and unless you do "good spiritual housecleaning," negative personalities can take over, she said.
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http://peekskill.patch.com/articles/episcopal-church-in-mohegan-lake-grows-over-the-years
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