PHOTO: Remote local churches drew their biggest crowds in years with the Bishop’s visit. (Anglican Diocese of Bathurst)
Relief is the word parishioners used, after a visit from the Bishop of the Anglican Bathurst Diocese put fears of church sales to bed for Carinda, Quambone, and Marra Creek (West Bogan) congregations.
This weekend Anglican Bathurst Diocese Bishop Mark Calder toured the four communities following a strong pushback from the community around the potential sale of their more remote Anglican churches.
It wasn’t until his last stop in Quambone, where the service drew out 50 churchgoers, that the Bishop confirmed that all four churches wouldn’t be sold…