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All
Saints' Church is a parish church of the
Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina. We have approximately 125
baptized members, are located in a small city of approximately 10,000
people, and are adjacent to the campus of
Presbyterian College, one of the
most outstanding liberal arts colleges in the Southeast. |
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The first services of what later was to become
known as All Saints' Church were held in 1908. The church became an
organized mission in 1950 and was admitted into union with the Diocesan
Convention of Upper South Carolina in 1951.
All Saints' remained a mission for thirty-seven
years. It obtained parish status in 1988 at the Diocesan Convention held in
Clinton and hosted by All Saints', Clinton, and Church of the Epiphany,
Laurens. The reported number of communicants in 1952 was ten; the number in
1999 was 133.
In the early years congregations gathered where
they could. In 1952 All Saints' was able to buy the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church building that had been vacated in Clinton when that
church built a new facility. The building, which had been built in
1900-1901, was moved from the original downtown location to the present site
on Calvert Avenue. The first service held in [the new] All Saints' Church
was on Christmas Eve, 1952. With considerable renovation, reconstruction,
and remodeling, the structure has continued over the years to fill its
primary role as a place of worship for the All Saints' congregation. A
parish house was added in 1957; in 1987 a new parish house, which
incorporated the old, was built.
--from Profile--1999,
All Saints' Episcopal Church, Clinton, South Carolina.
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