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Most Church of England priests say Britain no longer a Christian nation, warn of ‘extinction’

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Nearly two-thirds of priests in the Church of England said Great Britain “can no longer be described as a Christian country,” a landmark survey by The Times of London revealed Tuesday.

About 64.2% of clerics said Britain could only be called a Christian nation “historically, not currently,” while 24.2% said the Christian adjective still applies.

The clerics’ assessment dovetails with 2021 census results reported by Britain’s Office for National Statistics, which noted less than half the population of England and Wales identified as Christian, falling from 33.3 million in 2011 to 27.5 million in 2021. Those identifying as having “no religion” rose from 14.1 million in 2011 to 22.2 million in 2021.

Survey respondents expressed little optimism about the church’s future. Only 43.9% of priests indicated it is “very likely” that they would still be holding a service every Sunday in 10 years. And 66.7% anticipate church attendance to continue to decline in the next decade.

The survey of 5,000 priests with British addresses, selected randomly from a clerical directory, drew 1,436 responses, of which 1,185 priests were still serving. The Times of London said it was the first attempt at a nationwide survey of clerics since 2014.

The newspaper said the majority of those same priests want the church to stop opposing premarital and gay sex and to start conducting same-sex weddings, which currently is blocked in favor of “blessing” ceremonies for gay couples.

In a significant shift, 80.2% of clerics said they would support appointing a woman as the archbishop of Canterbury, the church’s top job whose holder traditionally leads the global Anglican Communion. While women have been ordained as priests for decades, they were only deemed eligible to serve as bishops since 2014.

More than two years will likely pass before the Church of England will have to confront that possibility, however. The Times of London reported that the Most Rev. Justin Welby, the current archbishop, will reach the retirement age of 70 in January 2026.

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I think that those "Left Behind" books and other -- assumptions -- I guess I would put it, raised a badly mistaken impression of what things would be like in the final time just before the Rapture. It makes sense that as long as a significant percentage of humanity was at least trying to connect with Him that Jesus Christ would be patient with everyone. But when it comes to a point that a significant percentage of humanity is demanding that Jesus Christ either compromise His moral stance or just "butt out", well yes, He will take those who are His and turn His back on the rest. Then proceed to give them a piece of His mind.
 
I think that those "Left Behind" books and other -- assumptions -- I guess I would put it, raised a badly mistaken impression of what things would be like in the final time just before the Rapture. It makes sense that as long as a significant percentage of humanity was at least trying to connect with Him that Jesus Christ would be patient with everyone. But when it comes to a point that a significant percentage of humanity is demanding that Jesus Christ either compromise His moral stance or just "butt out", well yes, He will take those who are His and turn His back on the rest. Then proceed to give them a piece of His mind.
Since Pentecost, the Lord has sent His servants as ambassadors of the Kingdom of God to witness and present the Gift of Salvation to a hopelessly lost world. The goal is to save as many as will come, and to take for Himself a people for the Kingdom who are looking to depart sin and serve Him only.

But make no mistake: once He breaks off diplomatic relations with this planet, then this world will see what the Lord does when it comes to war.
 
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