The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, located AT 542 Potters Avenue, began as a mission parish in 1868. The mission church had once claimed 700 parishioners but has seen its membership decline in recent decades.
The Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, located AT 542 Potters Avenue, began as a mission parish in 1868. The mission church had once claimed 700 parishioners but has seen its membership decline in recent decades.
It won’t be the last.
My wife and I were married in a little parish in Rhode Island, well outside of Providence. It was always small, but, at the time, could support a full time rector. That has not been the case for many years. The most recent rector departed, and they are getting little to know support from the diocese in locating a new one. They nearly closed at the beginning of the year, and I suspect that they really are only in a holding pattern