- Jan 25, 2019
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When I was orphaned as a child, the Anglican church taught me about the love of God.Woah! Hold on a minute.
I was brought up as an Anglican but now go to another denomination.
I'm not a fan of institutionalised church in general; there is much wrong with the 'we need to get people into our church buildings, so that these buildings, and church as we know, it will continue', type of attitude.
But "shutting God out" is way too strong. I know many lovely people who have attended Anglican churches, heard the Gospel, become Christians and been ordained, become missionaries or continued to serve God as Christian GPs or whatever. My husband's CofE church is thriving, and he serves there as a lay reader. People are continuing to offer for ordination each year - not as many as maybe the powers-that-be would like - but God is clearly still calling people to, and blessing them in, this denomination.
There are also many faithful Christians, in this denomination and others, that pray for the future of our country.
When I had a housing crisis in my mid twenties, an Anglican couple took me into their own home.
When I went through a crisis of faith and stopped going to church, I stayed with some brothers in an Anglican friary and found my faith reignited.
If it wasn't for my brothers and sisters in the Anglican church, I don't know where I would be today.
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