Church is called to meet people in need, says Archbishop

by Maria Mackay
Sunday, November 15, 2009

The Archbishop of York has exhorted Christians to obey God's command to go out onto the streets and meet people in need.

Speaking at the end of the inaugural Street Pastors conference on Saturday, Dr John Sentamu said there were many people in the UK's towns and cities in need of a safe place where they could "shelter from life and all it's problems".

He praised Street Pastors, who patrol town and city centres across the UK and Ireland on Friday and Saturday nights, for "touching the lives of many people who are directionless, aimless, sometimes faithless and often hopeless".

"Your love and service are a wonderful example of God at work in the world," he said. the rest