Andrew Tettenborn

The Church of England’s diversity mission has gone too far

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby (Getty images)
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Is the Church of England on a mission? It should be, of course. But it appears to have confused its purpose of preaching the gospel with seeking to make itself more representative. From now on, at least ten members of the House of Bishops, part of the General Synod, must be from an ethnic minority.

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