Times letters: Changing attitudes in the Church of England

Jun 23, 2023

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Narrated by James Marriott

Sir, The Church of England clergy are way off message (“Britain isn’t a Christian nation now, say clergy”, news, Aug 30). Christians are leaving the C of E because they do not like the progressive liberal church and want authentic Christianity instead.

In Shrewsbury we have dwindling congregations in the three large town centre C of E churches. Meanwhile the tiny Greek Orthodox Church has a regular British congregation of more than 200 and is expanding because it preaches straight from the Bible and is therefore believed in.

I think it would be better to survey congregations across all Christian churches not just the progressive C of E pushing for modernisation, which is the cause of its own decline.Tristram Llewellyn JonesChurch