
Is the Church in Crisis?
Azim Ahmed and guests discuss whether the Church is in crisis.
Procedures are in process to find a new Archbishop of Canterbury and a new Archbishop of Wales. Both of whom retired amidst controversies over the handling of safeguarding issues, although there are no suggestions that they behaved inappropriately themselves. Azim Ahmed and guests discuss - is the Church in Crisis?
Dr Andrew Graystone is an advocate for survivors of abuse in the Church and is the author of “Bleeding for Jesus : John Smyth and the cult of the Iwerne Camps”
Dr Michael J Kruger is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in the United States of America. He’s the author of “Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church”
The Reverend Nan Powell-Davies is head of the Presbyterian Church in Wales.
Simon Plant is Executive Manager for the Charity for Action on Spiritual Abuse, formerly Replenished Life. He has over twenty-five years experience working in safeguarding in Education, Local Government and Faith settings.
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