Will some churches survive after all?

Testing out theories about growth and decline in 21st century Britain. Plus, my latest podcasts and a grab bag of links

Hello! This week’s Critical Friend includes thoughts about church decline in the light of some recent reporting and research, and, frankly, hand-wringing. Lower down we’re thinking about supposedly cultural conversion (is nominal Christianity really on the rise again?), the shipwreck that is American evangelicalism and playing spot the heresy in Christmas songs.

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