I find it amusing how the national church is so concerned and surprised by the divisions and anxieties highlighted in the Theos report. What I don't find amusing is that, so far, I haven't heard a single Christian leader responding to the report acknowledge the church's own responsibility for its distance from the people it is called to serve, particularly the white working class.
Where is the examination of how our withdrawal from these communities may have contributed to the problems the report describes?
I am seeing laments from almost every network and denominational leader about a divided country and a divided church. Our disagreements concern more than styles of worship: they extend to the essentials of the gospel, the authority of Scripture and what faithful Christian living requires. Yet a church that struggles to agree on these matters can appear remarkably united when condemning people outside its congregations for misunderstanding Christianity.
Following Jesus as a black girl in Britain: What I wish I’d known
It’s Black History Month, and while my relationship with this month is rather complex, it’s a good opportunity to stop …