News that the Church of England has ditched the ‘church’ bit for the sake of appearing more ‘modern’ is both an exaggeration and underplays the deeper crisis at the centre of Christianity.
First, the facts.
The current headline about the Church of England becoming ‘of England’ centres around a study titled, New Things: A theological investigation into the work of starting new churches across 11 dioceses in the Church of England conducted by the Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research in Durham.
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