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| The buildings which the church of England uses are often very old. They may be the oldest buildings in the town or city. Although sometimes these old buildings end up in the wrong place and are closed, more new churches have been opened recently than old ones have been closed. Some Anglican churches do not even have a building of their own to meet in. | |
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A very old parish church |
The new 'Millennium Chapel' in Coventry Cathedral (copyright Richard Sadler, Coventry Cathedral) |
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Each local church has a "Parochial Church Council" which is a group of people who make the decisions for that church. They are elected each year by all the church members. The Vicar will be the chairman of the group, but the other members will not usually be ordained or paid. Some services will be taken by "Readers" who have been trained to preach and lead prayers, but who are not paid or full time workers. Until about 40 years ago all Anglican services used the "Prayer Book" for the services. This was published in 1662, but was based on a book written in 1552. This book contained words which were said at each service as well as prayers which the congregation could join in. Now there is a book which is called "Common Worship" which uses more modern language, and some services will not use set words at all. |
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