Moderator of the Church of Scotland: ‘Don’t force the church on children’
THE Moderator of the Church of Scotland has warned that children should not be forced to attend kirk services as it risks putting them off religion.
The Rt Rev Albert Bogle believes it may be counter-productive for the iPod generation to have to sit on pews and be made to listen to ministers “rabbiting on”.
Instead, Bogle, who was appointed at the Kirk’s General Assembly earlier this year, says young people are more likely to become churchgoers if parents and grandparents first start informal faith discussions in the family home.
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