Dwindling attendance will result in the closure of a second Anglican church in Sarnia in less than a year.
The century-old St. John’s Church on Devine Street will close it doors Feb. 1, following hard on the decision to shutter St. James The Apostle Church on Lansdowne Avenue last year.
Archdeacon Richard Salts said it was a tough call, but in the end the members of each congregation voted in favour of amalgamation with other area Anglican churches.
“As with most mainline churches there has been a certain amount of decrease in numbers,” he said. “The critical mass is not always there.”
Ah yes, Diocese of Huron I believe. What have they been doing to draw worshippers in? – push gay weddings, just like the Toronto bishops below.
Fine building, shame about the church.
Yeah, Huron has been on that road for a long time.