Church of England Trying to Recruit Pagans
The U.K. Telegraph reports:
The Church of England is trying to recruit pagans and spiritual believers as part of a drive to retain congregation numbers.
The church is training ministers to create "a pagan church where Christianity [is] very much in the centre" to attract spiritual believers.
Ministers are being trained to create new forms of Anglicanism suitable for people of alternative beliefs as part of a Church of England drive to retain congregation numbers.
Reverend Steve Hollinghurst, a researcher and adviser in new religious movements told the BBC: "I would be looking to formulate an exploration of the Christian faith that would be at home in their culture."
He said it would be "almost to create a pagan church where Christianity was very much in the centre."
"The Church Mission Society, which is training ministers to 'break new ground,' hopes to see a number of spiritual people align themselves with Christianity," according to the Telegraph.
Also, "the new move could see famous druids such as druid leader Arthur Pendragon move to Anglicanism," the Telegraph reports.
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