Due to its continuing financial embarrassment, the Anglican Church of Canada is cutting back: \u00a0the Five Marks of Mission have been reduced to two.<\/p>\n
Of the first three:<\/p>\n
\u201cTo proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom\u201d was the first to go because no-one in the ageing ecclesial hierarchy could actually remember what the Good News is<\/a>, so there seemed little point in continuing to pretend to proclaim it.<\/p>\n \u201cTo teach, baptise and nurture new believers\u201d was the next to fall since all extant Anglican seminaries are dedicated to squeezing any vestige of belief out of new seminarians, rendering them, by the time they emerge, incapable of nurturing anything but doubt.<\/p>\n \u201cTo respond to human need by loving service\u201d was finally removed too, since Anglican clergy are simply too busy nurturing the doubt in new doubters.<\/p>\n The two survivors are: The Anglican Church can throw its full weight behind these because both are the responsibility of government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Due to its continuing financial embarrassment, the Anglican Church of Canada is cutting back: \u00a0the Five Marks of Mission have been reduced to two. Of the first three: \u201cTo proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom\u201d was the first to … Continue reading
\n\u201cTo seek to transform unjust structures of society\u201d
\n\u201cTo strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth\u201d<\/p>\n