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Big role for small churches, says New Primus of Scotland
“The Scottish Episcopal Church has a very rich history,” Chillingworth, who is bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, told Ecumenical News International. “We need to review that rich history and become more certain and confident about our place in Scottish society today.”
He explained that his Anglican Communion denomination is a small church compared to the much larger (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland and the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.
“[The Scottish Episcopal Church] has felt acutely its status as a ‘minority’ church. We need to learn to engage with the whole of Scottish society in partnership with other churches,” said the bishop.