{"id":90668,"date":"2020-03-17T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=90668"},"modified":"2020-03-17T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:19:18","slug":"archbishops-call-for-church-of-england-to-become-radically-different-as-public-worship-put-on-hold-to-help-stem-spread-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=90668","title":{"rendered":"Archbishops call for Church of England to become radically different as public worship put on hold to help stem spread of coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"paragraphs-introduction-127303\" class=\"no-top-padding paragraph paragraph--type--introduction paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"container-inner\">The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are calling for Church of England churches to put public worship on hold and become a \u201cdifferent sort of church\u201d in the coming months to face the challenge of coronavirus.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"paragraphs-text-127304\" class=\"no-top-padding paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"container-inner\">\n<p><a class=\"u-mouseBlur\" href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofengland.org\/media\/20007\">In a joint letter<\/a>, Archbishops Justin Welby and John Sentamu said it was now necessary to put public services on hold until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>But they said that far from having to \u201cshut up shop\u201d, the Church of England must face the challenge by becoming a radically different kind of church rooted in prayer and serving others.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the Government announced unprecedented peacetime measures to try to control the spread of the virus, with restrictions on public gatherings, transport and working.<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishops expressed the desire that church buildings may, where practical, remain open as places of prayer for the community, observing social distancing recommendations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofengland.org\/more\/media-centre\/news\/archbishops-call-church-england-become-radically-different-public-worship\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today, Archbishop <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnSentamu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnSentamu<\/a> and I are calling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/churchofengland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@churchofengland<\/a> to suspend public worship to help stem the spread of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a>. We must be a radically different church for now \u2013 but one that\u2019s hopeful, prayerful and committed to serving others: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cU8ZQIdzcb\">https:\/\/t.co\/cU8ZQIdzcb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Archbishop of Canterbury (@JustinWelby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinWelby\/status\/1239908568482156544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Archbishops of Canterbury and York are calling for Church of England churches to put public worship on hold and become a \u201cdifferent sort of church\u201d in the coming months to face the challenge of coronavirus. 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