St. Hilda's Inman Park | |
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St. Hilda of Whitby Anglican Catholic Church | |
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33°45′55.6″N84°21′17.0″W / 33.765444°N 84.354722°W | |
Location | Inman Park, Georgia |
Address | 414 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30307, United States |
Denomination | Anglican Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Anglo-Catholic |
Website | https://www.sthildasatl.com/ |
History | |
Consecrated | 1979 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of the South |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Creighton McElveen, SSC |
Assistant priest(s) | Robert Bader, SSC |
St. Hilda's Inman Park , in a neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, is a parish of the Diocese of the South in the Anglican Catholic Church. The building was originally built in 1939 as a Primitive Baptist Church. [1] It was converted to be a parish of the newly formed Anglican Catholic Church in 1978, [2] and was consecrated in 1979. [3]
When Rev. Frederick Hoger was Rector, until his death in 1999, the parish established a men's shelter and a soup kitchen for the local community in Little Five Points. [4]
In 2000, Rev. John Roddy became the pastor. At that time, the neighborhood gentrified. While previously the parish had had a strong ministry to the homeless, who slept in the pews and ate in the parish hall, the neighborhood changed to that of largely young professionals. [2]
In 2023, the Anglican Catholic Church through the Saint Paul Mission Society targeted St. Hilda's for domestic parish revitalization. [5] Rev. Creighton McElveen, SSC, was appointed Priest-in-Charge after the retirement of Rev. Terrence Hall. [6] Rev. McElveen is also a co-host of the podcast, The Sacramentalists. [7]