Baptism

Southwell & Nottingham Diocesan Chancellor refuses to grant permission for use of portable baptistery

THE Consistory Court of the diocese of Southwell & Nottingham has refused to grant the vicar and churchwardens of the church of St Mary, Radcliffe-on-Trent, a faculty for the purchase and storage of a “portable immersion baptistery” to be used for “single baptism services”

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