‘We are very glad that you are there, spearheading the campaign to encourage the truth and we know that it is very difficult and you are in the deep end, I promise that we will pray for you … that the Lord may help us not just maintain the unity but stand on the truth, one should not be lost for the other..’
These were some of the words of encouragement that one bishop, who serves in a country where Christians cannot evangelise or pray in public, wanted to send to his brothers and sisters in the Church of England.
Another bishop, from a war-torn zone, told me: ‘It is a cause of worry because we are looking to the growth of our faith, the growth of Christianity, the growth of the word of God in the hands of men and we see the revisionists and the activists bring discouragement to the younger generation.’
‘Power is a powerful drug and the detox process is hard’
One of the most insightful speeches at the Church of England's General Synod in July came from The Revd Lindsay …