Church of Scotland must continue reforming, says Moderator
The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has spoken of the need to continue reforming the Church 450 years after the Reformation.
Marking the Reformation’s 450th anniversary at the General Assembly yesterday, the Rt Rev John Christie said Christians were now living in a very different world from the time of Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox.
He said the present time was one in which secular voices were challenging the Church and exploiting divisions.
“These siren voices are often critical, sometimes dismissive and seldom affirming. Perhaps they are right to be so. I wonder if we need to face the criticism directed at us and rethink what we are about,” he said.
“I think we need a reformation of the relationship within the body of Christ, something new and better in obedience to the divine plan often acknowledged, more often ignored because of the blinkered eye of tradition or the earplugs of sectarianism.
“The world of 2010 does not need or want a divided church; divided within itself it cannot stand. It is time for the 21st century Church to affirm that which unites us.”
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