Holy Trinity Anglican Church is an Anglican church in downtown

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. Built between 2014 and 2015, it was the first church to open in downtown Raleigh since 1958. Holy Trinity is a member of the

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and is under the governance of the Diocese of the Carolinas.

History

Holy Trinity Anglican Church started in 2003 by a group of Episcopalians from Raleigh who met weekly to pray for renewal in the

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. The group, which had organized themselves as All Saints Fellowship, grew to two hundred members and began a twelve-week Sunday evening preaching series featuring Anglican preachers from across the United States.

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, an

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seminary, provided support for the preaching series. In 2004 they began holding worship services in the chapel at St. David's School, an Episcopal private school in Raleigh. On September 12, 2004 the congregation officially launched Holy Trinity Anglican Church, joining the

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. The congregation eventually broke ties with the Episcopal Church and joined the

, becoming part of the Diocese of the Carolinas. Garland S. Tucker, former C.E.O of Triangle Capital, was the founding Senior Warden of the church. In 2010 the church purchased a plot of land across the street from

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, to construct a new church building, and the Jordan House, a Queen Anne Victorian mansion on North Blount Street built in 1898 for Dr. Thomas M. Jordan, to be used as the church offices Construction began on a new church building in June 2014. The new church cost around $7.5 million to build. The church is built in the

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. It is over 25,000 square feet and has a 130-foot tall steeple. When the new building for Holy Trinity opened in September 2015, it was the first church opening to take place in downtown Raleigh since 1958, when

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was rebuilt following a fire in 1956. Over five hundred people attended the first service held at the new church building. The church was dedicated by Bishop Steve Wood on November 8, 2015. HolyTrinityAnglicanChurchRaleigh

Holy Trinity was a winner of the 2016 Downtown Raleigh Alliance Imprint Award. In September 2017, the clerical leaders of Holy Trinity supported and signed the Reforming Catholic Confession. The church was represented by John Yates at the 2017 Anglican Connection Conference.

References

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