{"id":19658,"date":"2013-06-23T22:41:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T02:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=19658"},"modified":"2013-06-23T22:41:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T02:41:59","slug":"new-church-of-england-plan-to-attract-people-a-pagan-christian-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/new-church-of-england-plan-to-attract-people-a-pagan-christian-church\/","title":{"rendered":"New Church of England plan to attract people: a Pagan Christian church"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As part of its drive to retain congregation numbers, the Church of England is training its clergy to create a “pagan church” where Christianity will be “very much in the center,” a British newspaper reports.<\/p>\n

The mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion is seeking to create new forms of Anglicanism with which people of alternative beliefs should feel comfortable, according to The Telegraph.<\/p>\n

“I would be looking to formulate an exploration of the Christian faith that would be at home in their culture,” the daily quotes the Rev. Steve Hollinghurst, who is advising the denomination in its new endeavor, as telling the BBC.<\/p>\n

What the church is looking at is “almost to create a pagan church where Christianity was very much in the centre,” he adds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have bad news for Rev. Hollinghurst: the Anglican Church of Canada has been telling people they can believe whatever they like while concealing Christianity in a centre that no-one ever seems to find for decades. The result has been that potential congregants choose a belief that tells them that it is better to stay in bed late on Sunday morning than attend a church that can’t confidently convey a coherent Christian message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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