A congregation in the north-east Scottish coastal city of Aberdeen is preparing to leave the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) after a vote on 17 January.
Members of Westhill Community Church voted by 87% to 13% to leave the Anglican Communion’s province in Scotland following what they say is the ‘continued liberal trajectory’ of the Church.
The Rector of Westhill, Canon Ian Ferguson, said: ‘We have been on a journey for many years, a group of evangelical Episcopal rectors, in talking to bishops about the trajectory the Scottish Episcopal Church has set itself on going. This culminated in a number of decisions that the SEC took which some of us found that we could not accept.