‘Churches preaching the Bible are the ones that thrive’
Churches preaching the Bible as the word of God “are the ones that are growing” in the UK, a Church of England minister has said.
Revd Robin Weekes – of Emmanuel church in Wimbledon – made the comments in a stern riposte to comments from a former Bishop of Edinburgh.
Richard Holloway wrote in the Spectator magazine that Jesus was merely a “spiritual and prophetic genius” and the New Testament just an “untidy bundle of writings”.