Outdated language is hurting our witness. Christians need to start speaking in plain English
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Catherine Butcher2023-07-12T08:59:00
Use of “Thee’s” and “Thou’s” in our worship services make Christians seem archaic and irrelevant, says Catherine Butcher
How much would it cost to have a prime time slot on all the major television channels, watched by tens of millions of people worldwide?
In a debate on the £31,256,351 Archbishops’ Council budget for 2024, my plea to the Church of England’s General Synod in my Maiden Speech, was designed to be an easy, inexpensive win for the Church of England’s objective to double the number of children and young active disciples in the Church by 2030.
My suggestion was as follows...
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