The parish of St. Albans was established in 1911. Prior to that, a mission for European settlers operated in the Alberni region from 1862 to 1865. An Indian Mission (known as the "Tahkaht Mission" and as the "West Coast Mission") was established in 1868 and operated until 1871. The district was occasionally visited by a priest from Comox, then a resident clergyman served the area briefly around 1899. The Church of All Saints had been completed the previous year. The parish was visited by an itinerant priest (once per month) until 1901, when a resident clergyman was again appointed. In 1911, the parishes of St. Alban's and All Saints' were paired under one priest. They were separated in 1947.
St. Alban’s built a new church beside the old church, the new church being consecrated on May 25, 1952. The old Church building was deconsecrated and used as a church hall until its replacement sometime in the 1970’s.
In 2001 St. Alban’s and Christ the King Lutheran Church became a shared ministry. This was not merger as both Parishes retained their individual councils and finances. There were separate wardens, treasurers and bank accounts. Services were provided from the Lutheran Liturgy one Sunday a month and the Anglican Liturgy three Sundays a month.
It was soon impossible to determine who was Anglican and who was Lutheran at a Sunday service as everyone participated joyously. The only real difference being that financial contributions were made to either the Anglican or Lutheran finances.
In July of 2001 The Waterloo Declaration extended mutual recognition and full communion rights between the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC).
Trinity Church was formed when All Saints’ Anglican merged with St. Alban’s Christ the King in March 2004. Anglican Bishop James Cowan and Lutheran Bisho Gerhard Preibisch were present on March 28 to celebrate the merger. The Bishops asked for a new name as they did not want to see St. Alban’s, Christ the King, All Saints’ Anglican Lutheran for a name.
The parishioners of the time voted for the name Trinity Anglican Lutheran to commemorate the joining of the three parishes. This name was approved by the Anglican and Lutheran Bishops of the day. At this time the church was served by Anglican Ministers Dianne and Patrick Tomalin.
This was a complete merger with All Saints’ parishioners combining their financial resources and council members with the Anglican members.
Services remained with services from the Lutheran Liturgy one Sunday a month and from the Anglican Liturgy three Sundays a month with one modification in the one of the services from the Anglican Liturgy used the service from the Book of Common Prayer as had been the custom at the All Saints’ church.
The All Saints’ Church building was deconsecrated March 10th, 2004 and is now a funeral home.
