Wanted: New Archbishop of Canterbury – Must Have Plans to Fill the Pews

Andrew Brown for The Guardian considers the issues facing the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury. Brown looks at the various problems facing the Church of England through an examination of the church’s relative vitality in the English countryside. Brown writes, “What keeps the Church of England running is not its leadership nor its structures. It’s the clergy’s faith in God … The next archbishop will have to get that bit right if he is to inspire his followers.”  

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