The Rev. Jeremy Worthen, PhD is the Team Rector of Ashford in the Diocese of Canterbury. He previously worked in ministerial formation and in supporting national ecumenical and theological work.
The authors write: “Modern British Christianity has dramatically declined in many ways. But it has also shown striking resilience. British Christianity has both grown and shrunk, died and risen again.”
Just as individuals are at once sinful yet justified in Christ, so too the church is constantly turning toward the savior, desiring holiness, even in the midst of sin and scandal.