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St. Andrew's Anglican Church (Fort Worth, Texas)

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32: 281:, visited his new missionary district and organized the mission under the Rev. Edwin Wickens. Garrett's first services were held in the Tarrant County courthouse on March 17, 1875. Garrett raised funds for the Texas missions from northeastern Episcopalians; a Connecticut clergyman who heard Garrett's pitch during a train ride agreed to commit $ 500 to the Fort Worth congregation and asked that it be named for 303:. Ground was broken in 1909 and construction continued until the dedication on Rogation Sunday, May 12, 1912. A marble altar and reredos were installed in 1931 as a memorial to the Rev. Bartow B. Ramage, who was rector from 1897 to 1916 and presided over the construction. The church retired its debt in 1939 and built a parish house, designed by 388:
hand-carved in Italy from Austrian oak separates the chancel from the nave. According to Historic Fort Worth, "Because of its architectural quality and integrity, and its place in the religious history of Fort Worth, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church appears to be eligible for the
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St. Andrew's Gothic Revival building has been described as "traditional ecclesiastical design of high quality" with "an air reminiscent of an English medieval parish church." The building was built of gray
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Stained glass windows in the church were made by Jacoby Art Glass of St. Louis, with the exception of the rose window in the east end, which was made in England and depicts Jesus calling Andrew and
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to be "fundamentally impaired" because they no longer upheld the "truth of the gospel." The statement's signers also stated their intention to be aligned with
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In 1983, St. Andrew's moved from the Diocese of Dallas to the newly formed Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, which became a hub for
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In 2008, St. Andrew's joined its diocese in disaffiliating from the Episcopal Church and claiming oversight from the
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held the first Episcopal church service on record in Fort Worth in 1860, no parish was established until 1875.
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in the Episcopal Church. St. Andrew's itself became a center for activity in those resisting
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members whose theological principles aligned with the First Promise statement.
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While most congregations in the Diocese of Fort Worth adhere to
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was laid in 1877, and the church gained parish status in 1878.
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32°45′00″N 97°19′58″W / 32.7499°N 97.3328°W / 32.7499; -97.3328
Fort Worth, Texas
Denomination
Anglican Church in North America
www.st-andrew.com
Alexander Charles Garrett
Architect(s)
Sanguinet & Staats
Style
Gothic Revival
Diocese
Fort Worth
Priest(s)
Curate(s)
Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth
Anglican Church in North America
Episcopal
Anglican
Fort Worth
Anglican realignment
Alexander Gregg
Alexander Charles Garrett
missionary bishop of northern Texas
Andrew the Apostle
Perpendicular
Gothic Revival
Sanguinet & Staats
Preston M. Geren Jr.
theological conservatism

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