Thursday, July 07, 2011

VANCOUVER: Key parish denies leaving Anglican Church

VANCOUVER: Key parish denies leaving Anglican Church

By Frank Stirk
http://canadianchristianity.com/cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/060323anglican
July 6, 2011

ST. JOHN'S Shaughnessy -- the largest Anglican parish in Canada -- is denying a seemingly persistent rumour that it has left the Anglican Church of Canada.

Church officials say they have received several queries from media outlets who had been given information that members had voted earlier this year to abandon the national body and join the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC).

But while it is a fact that the parish has joined the ANiC, Cheryl Chang -- the group's executive director and also until recently a trustee of St. John's -- insisted they have not severed their ties with the Anglican Church.

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