Death of the Church Part 1
Posted on Jun 6th, 2008
by 
Adrian Pyle
Adrian Pyle
My local community newspaper recently ran a front page story about a local Anglican faith community coming to the end of its time. At the time of writing you can see the article by clicking here.
My response might seem a little caustic but I think we need to speak up about the view of church inherent in such an article and so below is what I wrote in response.
I know that the people of St Stephen's Anglican Church Warrandyte are trying hard to be faithful, but I see this type of story through a different lens. After 140 years of faith development at St Stephen's, faith comes down to this - that local people be encouraged to attend "club like" so that an institution and buildings can survive. No wonder so called "traditional" Christian expressions are dying while emergent church and new forms of other faiths are the fresh forms of religion.
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My response might seem a little caustic but I think we need to speak up about the view of church inherent in such an article and so below is what I wrote in response.
I know that the people of St Stephen's Anglican Church Warrandyte are trying hard to be faithful, but I see this type of story through a different lens. After 140 years of faith development at St Stephen's, faith comes down to this - that local people be encouraged to attend "club like" so that an institution and buildings can survive. No wonder so called "traditional" Christian expressions are dying while emergent church and new forms of other faiths are the fresh forms of religion.
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