By Jan Skutch, Savannahnow.com (South Carolina)
Christ Church Anglican will end its three-year worship arrangement with Independent Presbyterian Church on Sunday before moving to its own church at a new site on Feb. 1.
The congregation, which left its historic Christ Church on Johnson Square in 2011, has worshiped at the 207 Bull St. facility since. The congregation will leave the Bull Street site at 10:45 a.m. on Sunday and process to its new location at Bull and 37th streets.
The first service there will be at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. on Feb 1, said the Rev. Marc Robertson, senior pastor.
The church’s new home is in the newly renovated 100-year-old church building that was originally home to Hull Presbyterian Church. It most recently was owned by the Christian Revival and Restoration Center.
“The hospitality of the Rev. Terry Johnson and the people of Independent Presbyterian Church has been overwhelming,” Robertson said. “I could not be more thankful for these past three years or more excited about our future.”
He said the new location is in a building formerly pastored by the Rev. Freddie Hebron, who he called a close friend and partner in ministry.
“It is an honor to be in the same building where he preached,” Robertson said. “What’s more we are thrilled with the opportunity to bring together our congregation with our friends from the Christian Revival Center.”
The move comes several years after a dispute over doctrine with the Episcopal Church feud at Christ Church led to the Anglican congregation disaffiliating itself with the Episcopalian Church in 2007 in a dispute over doctrine.