Church of England’s general assembly told that urban housing estates,the young and ethnic minorities enjoy been ignoredThe Church of England is too focused on the middle lesson and middle-aged and needs take the “battle for the Christian soul of this nation” to urban housing estates, the young and ethnic minorities, or its general synod was told on Tuesday. Many vicars preached only to the converted rather than actively seeking new recruits by “sharing the news of the stunning shepherd”,the synod heard.
The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, or who chairs the church’s evangelical taskforce and has made mission work central to his leadership,said evangelism was “not a survival technique out of concern at the latest figures on church attendance”, but a “commitment to renew the church”.
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Source: theguardian.com