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March 14, 2017

‘The Church of England is dying', warns former Queen’s Chaplain

How do you see your future in the Church of England and the future of the Church of England?
Gavin: It isn’t a matter of how I see it. Demographically and financially it is dying. Spiritually it appears to be on its last legs too. I’m not sure I see much point in a church that just wants to be accepted as a sort of not too irritating chaplain to a secular and hedonistic culture, which is what it seems to be becoming. I want to remain a faithful Anglican, but increasingly it looks like that is only possible outside the C of E. It has opted for a kind of spiritualised socialism and feminism in opposition to the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. You get new life when you repent. But there is no sign that it is ready to take that path. - The Conservative Woman

Posted by gerardvanderleun at March 14, 2017 12:10 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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When my cousin died, the funeral was handled by an Episcopal priest of her acquaintance. It was the strangest service, to see a priest with no faith in action. I wonder if he ever had any.

Posted by: pbird at March 14, 2017 10:02 AM

"I’m not sure I see much point in a church that just wants to be accepted as a sort of not too irritating chaplain to a secular and hedonistic culture, which is what it seems to be becoming. I want to remain a faithful Anglican, but increasingly it looks like that is only possible outside the C of E."

It ain't just the C of E, brother!

Posted by: Donald Sensing at March 14, 2017 1:39 PM

It sounds a lot like mainline denominations in America, too. For example, The UMC (see "Death throes of the Blue Model church.")

Posted by: Donald Sensing at March 14, 2017 1:59 PM

Which is why I left the pale dregs of the Presbyterian church for Orthodoxy.

Posted by: Ann K at March 15, 2017 5:43 AM

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