Grace Church (Brookwood Village)
- This article is about the evangelical Anglican church. For other uses, see Grace Church (disambiguation).
Grace Church is an evangelical Anglican congregation started by Andrew C. Pearson Jr in 2021 after he resigned as dean and rector of the Cathedral Church of the Advent. The congregation began holding public meetings on Wednesday nights at Temple Emanu-el on September 22, 2021. In early 2022, it expanded to Sunday services, also at Emanu-el
Pearson is a priest in the Anglican Church of North America and Foley Beach, the denomination's archbishop has preached at the church, but the church is not yet affiliated with the denomination.
In April 2022, Pearson announced that he would be stepping down as pastor of the church during the summer because the church needed someone through its period of growth. He served until the end of June 2022.
In October 2022, the church began holding its services in the former McCormick & Schmick's at Brookwood Village.
References
- Garrison, Greg (September 21, 2021) "Former Advent Cathedral Dean Starts New Church" The Birmingham News
- Garrison, Greg (April 13, 2022) "Former Advent Dean Andrew Pearson steps down from Grace Church" The Birmingham News