The Archbishops\u2019 Anti-Racism Taskforce has today published its report \u2018From Lament to Action\u2019 proposing a suite of changes to begin bringing about a change of culture in the life of the Church of England.<\/p>\n
It issues a warning to the Archbishops that a failure to act could be a \u201clast straw\u201d for many people of UK Minority Ethnic (UKME) or Global Majority Heritage (GMH) backgrounds with \u201cdevastating effects\u201d on the future of the Church.<\/p>\n
The report sets out 47 specific actions for different arms of the Church of England to implement across five priority areas: participation, governance, training, education and young people.<\/p>\n
Without these changes the Church risks denying and disregarding the gifts of a significant part of the nation, the Taskforce makes clear.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the culture change that is required if the Church is to live up to its mandate of being a body where all the gifts of all its people flourish to the full, for the benefit of the church as a whole, the nation of England and the greater glory of God,\u201d they say.<\/p>\n
They add: \u201cDecades of inaction carry consequences and this inaction must be owned by the whole Church.
\n\u201cA failure to act now will be seen as another indication, potentially a last straw for many, that the Church is not serious about racial sin.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n "Racism is a sin which disfigures God\u2019s image in us."<\/p>\n From Lament To Action: the report of the Archbishops\u2019 Anti-Racism Taskforce is published today.<\/p>\n Read the report at https:\/\/t.co\/73mvSZ8AX0<\/a>.#LamentToAction<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bqSLtdcvWA<\/a><\/p>\n — The Church of England (@churchofengland) April 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n