A church divided on ethnic lines cannot stand
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Chine McDonald2023-06-05T10:17:00
It’s a sobering thought, but the next time the Census religion data is revealed in ten years’ time, the Church in England and Wales is unlikely to have grown. Look ahead to 30 years’ time, and the number of Christians will make for even more grim reading. Unless revival happens, of course. God is, after all, the God of the impossible.
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