Ruth Gledhill weblog: Anglican leaders 'are losing their way'

The head of the Church Army has launched a surprise attack on the Church of England, accusing it of losing faith in the fundamentals of the Christian faith. Capt Philip Johanson said it was increasingly the case that people converting to Christianity were not going to church on Sundays. Some new converts had never been to church at all, he said, and preferred to their new-found faith with friends they met in the pub, or on the internet.

The Church of England, he warned, was seen as increasingly irrelevant, led by people who no longer appeared to believe in the Gospel tenets of their faith. He is pictured here making his address at a commissioning service.
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