The power of God

Posted on August 10, 2009 
Filed under Opinion

David Phillips - Church Society“The statistics concerning the Church of England continue to make grim reading. The decline in attendance has not abated, the number of clergy continues to fall and there are signs that even if there were more clergy many dioceses cannot afford to pay their stipends. The Church is also losing influence in the national life …

There is much ground for pessimism and it may be that we are witnessing the judgement of God on our Church and nation. Our first response to such things must always be to repent and to cry out to God for mercy. But we are called to do more, and part of what we must do is reform the Church. …”

– David Phillips, General Secretary of Church Society, writes the editorial in the current issue of Cross†Way. (PDF file.)