This Sunday, the local Anglican church, Christ Our Savior, will hold services in its first permanent home in Old Torrance. The Rev. Dale Smith, a former Episcopal priest from South Pasadena, has led the church for more than a year.

"It's been a difficult time for more than 50 years during this gradual split," Smith said.

After 2003, he said, "We knew there were effectively two churches, one that believed the historic faith and one that didn't."

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