Monday, February 23, 2015

Quebec Anglican Church facing major challenges in light of fewer parishioners

From Quebec-

As Rev. Yves Samson speaks to his congregation in the Quebec town of Trois-Rivieres, two things stand out: the bilingualism of the sermon and the dearth of parishioners.

Samson holds nothing back when he says that, without radical change, the Anglican Diocese of Quebec could soon be extinct.


"If we want to keep going on (the old) track we will all die," Samson says in an interview after his French and English sermon to a room full of near-empty pews in the St. James Anglican Church.
The fact Samson, 49, preaches in both languages might not sound radical to many Canadians, but to the Anglican Church — the Church of England — it is.


More here-

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/quebec-anglican-church-facing-major-challenges-light-fewer-120008123.html

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