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St. Paul's Anglican Church
St. Paul's Church and Rectory
Location	279 Congress St. Portland, Maine
Country	United States
Denomination	Anglican Church in America
Website	www.stpaulsportland.org
History
Founded	1763
Dedication	Saint Paul
Architecture
Architect(s)	George Pelham
Style	Gothic Revival
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of the Eastern United States
Clergy
Rector	Rev. Andrew S. Faust

St. Paul's Anglican Church (also St. Paul's or Olde St. Paul's) is an Anglican church located in Portland, Maine, United States. It is a Continuing Anglican parish, and worships using the 1928 edition Book of Common Prayer as promulgated by the Episcopal Church of the United States, supplemented by the 1979 edition and the Anglican Missal. The congregation resides at St. Paul's Church and Rectory. It is a member parish of the Diocese of the Eastern United States in the Anglican Church in America.

History

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St. Paul's was founded in 1763 as an Anglican mission church by direction of the Bishop of London. Its initial church building was destroyed in the Burning of Falmouth during the American Revolutionary War. The congregation has resided in its current location since 1867. St. Paul's claims to be the oldest extant church in Portland, and the first non-Puritan church established in the city. Once a member of the Episcopal Church of the United States, St. Paul's ultimately ruptured with the body over the adoption of the Book of Common Prayer (1979) and the attendant ecclesiastical reforms, and so joined the burgeoning Continuing Anglican movement. It continues to use the 1928 edition of the Episcopal Church's Book of Common Prayer and declines to ordain women.

See also

• Anglican Church in America
• Continuing Anglican movement