they come to us for funerals. perhaps not in the same huge numbers as they did way back then, but i think we still have a role to play in being the established church. but the status quo doesn t always have to remain the same. you can challenge it. giles fraser, a very sort of vocal anglican vicar, who s also a media commentator, he said this recently, i believe in the disestablishment of the anglican church, not because it s the right thing for the country, but because it would be right for the church, because we need to exercise influence, not executive power. we need to be radical. we need to not pull our punches. do you pull your punches? i certainly don t pull my punches. and in the last few contributions that i can recall by the archbishop, i don t see, or i haven t heard him pulling his punches either with regards to immigration
and so we work with that. as an established church it means that people come to us for baptism. they come to us for marriages, they come to us for funerals. perhaps not in the same huge numbers as they did way back then, but i think we still have a role to play in being the established church. but the status quo doesn t always have to remain the same. you can challenge it. giles fraser, a very sort of vocal anglican vicar, who s also a media commentator, he said this recently, i believe in the disestablishment of the anglican church, not because it s the right thing for the country, but because it would be right for the church, because we need to exercise influence, not executive power. we need to be radical. we need to not pull our punches. do you pull your punches? i certainly don t
and all those issues. so, i hearand i understand what giles is saying, and whilst i understand what he is saying, the question for me is, are we using it for good or are we simply using it to collude? i don t think we re colluding, and sometimes i think it is good to challenge from the inside. i think we can do that effectively than standing on the sidelines shouting. interesting that you chose to mention immigration. we are sitting just miles from the kent coast and from the english channel. talk about relevance. totally relevant to your diocese. yes. ..for the people that you deal with every day of every week. hundreds of people try to enter england on that kent coast every day, pretty much every day. when the weather is good.
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