I want to be able to open up ...

I want to be able to open up the really good treasures of the Church and Christianity to people, and that's not going to be achieved by shouting at them to convert or they'll go to hell. It's about giving them an opportunity to reimagine Christianity.
 Alan Green

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I'd signed up not just for Christianity but the established Church of England. That has a particular history and I think we rather lost it in the 19th Century, we became so much part of empire and colonialism, the language of the Church Of England still reflects that Victorian time. As the 20th Century developed, not surprisingly people left the church and I can see the church's role in losing people.
 Alan Green
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 Alan Green
I don't know where this Arctic wind has come from but it's freezing!
 Alan Green
In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.
 Alan Green