Recently The Times newspaper reported on the findings of its survey of 1,200 clerics of the Church of England. Among the dispiriting results was that only a quarter who responded thought that Britain was still a Christian country, with two-thirds considering that it was only Christian historically.
But perhaps the most troubling aspect of the poll was that it found, as the paper reported, “a strong desire among rank-and-file priests for significant changes in church doctrine on issues such as sex, sexuality, marriage and the role of women to bring it into greater line with public opinion. A majority want the church to start conducting same-sex weddings and drop its opposition to pre-marital and gay sex.”
