"We just laid down our labors and said, 'OK we're leaving,'" said Cooper, 41.

The church assumed a new identity as the New Life Anglican Church and found a space to worship at St. Kilian Parish in Mars in May 2010.

"It was definitely difficult - we felt like we were homeless," said Jeremiah Otto, 33, senior warden at the church. "St. Kilian's was very gracious to offer space to us in Mars, and we'd never discount that as a wonderful thing, but at the same time, it never felt like home because it wasn't our space. We knew it was temporary."

The congregation worshipped at St. Kilian for three years, but continued to look for a permanent location in Cranberry, where most parishioners lived.

Whether it was divine intervention or good fortune, Crossroads Community Church in Cranberry was closing late last fall and was looking for another congregation to move into its building.

"Everything aligned perfectly, for us to be in need and for them to be in need of a way out," Otto said.

A new home called for a new name, something a bit more traditional, Cooper said. New Life Anglican became All Saints Anglican, and members began worshipping in the new building last month.

They're renting it right now, but have plans to buy it as soon as they can raise the money.

"In some ways, we want to pick up where we left off," Cooper said. "We were a church with a head of steam ... and all this stuff took a lot of energy away from us."

The church wants to focus on three areas: ministry to children and family; educating members to clearly articulate what they believe; and continuing to plant churches in the area.

All Saints has been running a special Bible study series to help parishioners get back to the basics of faith and learn about the Gospel.

"It's really helped people who have sat in church pews their whole life to know more deeply what they believe," Cooper said. "We've had these remarkable responses from people saying, 'How have I gone to church this whole time and not known this?'"

Establishing, or planting, churches has been a long-standing priority for the Anglican diocese. Although All Saints didn't have a permanent home, it helped plant four churches, in Slippery Rock, Beaver Falls, South Side and Morgantown, over the past three years, and hopes to establish even more now that it has settled down.

"We would rather have 10 churches with 100 people than one church with 1,000," Cooper said.