PHILADELPHIA: Churches struggle with declining congregations
PHILADELPHIA: Churches struggle with declining congregations
Over the last five years, six churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania...have closed or merged
By Kristin E. Holmes
Inquirer Staff Writer
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ Sat,
January 7, 2012
For a while, it seemed as if the new year would be anything but happy for the members of St. James Episcopal Church in Prospect Park.
The 106-year-old Delaware County congregation was so mired in debt that it couldn't pay its rector. Closing seemed imminent.
Just 10 minutes away, in Ridley Township, Leiper Presbyterian Church faced a different challenge: a small, aging membership, with only 30 coming to Sunday services.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Over the last five years, six churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania...have closed or merged
By Kristin E. Holmes
Inquirer Staff Writer
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ Sat,
January 7, 2012
For a while, it seemed as if the new year would be anything but happy for the members of St. James Episcopal Church in Prospect Park.
The 106-year-old Delaware County congregation was so mired in debt that it couldn't pay its rector. Closing seemed imminent.
Just 10 minutes away, in Ridley Township, Leiper Presbyterian Church faced a different challenge: a small, aging membership, with only 30 coming to Sunday services.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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