EMPTY TALK ABOUT 'DIVERSITY' AS ANGLICANISM BECOMES MORE SOCIALLY NARROW
EMPTY TALK ABOUT 'DIVERSITY' AS ANGLICANISM BECOMES MORE SOCIALLY NARROW
By Julian Mann
October 15, 2010
It is ironic that the more the institutional church harps on about 'diversity', the more socially narrow it seems to become.
Due to the numerical meltdown of Western Anglicanism since World War II, a typical Anglican congregation anywhere in the English-speaking world is white, home-owning and over 50, if not 60. Where there are large churches with young people, they are often located in affluent areas and the young people they attract are often university graduates and urban professionals.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Julian Mann
October 15, 2010
It is ironic that the more the institutional church harps on about 'diversity', the more socially narrow it seems to become.
Due to the numerical meltdown of Western Anglicanism since World War II, a typical Anglican congregation anywhere in the English-speaking world is white, home-owning and over 50, if not 60. Where there are large churches with young people, they are often located in affluent areas and the young people they attract are often university graduates and urban professionals.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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