Andy Crouch is the Executive Editor of Christianity Together and author of Culture Making, a book that has been an enormous influence to us as we’ve thought about what it means to be a community of people who are committed to the social, spiritual and cultural renewal of our city. Andy is also a great friend of ChristChurch London, and if you haven’t already, you should really check out the talks from his visit to us in 2011.
For Love London Sunday in March 2014 we celebrated the theme of ”˜creativity’, and we could think of no-one better to pose our questions to. So we sent Andy a selection of questions about themes like creativity, discipline, inspiration and parenting (including, I suspect, the most dumb question he has ever been asked!!) and Andy was kind enough to record these responses for us. Check them out in the video at the bottom of this link.
You may also read more about Church Church London here.
Christ Church London is an independent evangelical church which seems to have been salt and light in its community. For example, in this article: http://www.christianpost.com/news/god-dropped-from-uk-air-cadet-organization-pledge-for-atheists-88653/, the assistant minister Andy Tilsey spoke to the media about the dropping of references to God from the UK Air Cadet’s oath:
“Andy Tilsley, a spokesman for ChristChurch London, told the Guardian that he believes the change in oath raises broader questions in the country. “Should we change the words of the national anthem because they include ‘God save our gracious Queen’? What are people threatened by?” Tilsey questioned.”
Interesting that very few CofE bishops are prepared to speak out on such issues (there are some shining exceptions). That may explain why attendance in their churches is steadily declining.