Podcast: Is there an Evangelical takeover of the Church of England?

03 May 2018

Canon Angela Tilby & Fr Craig Huxley debate

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Is there an Evangelical takeover of the Church of England? In her column last week, Canon Angela Tilby suggested that there is.

The article has been shared far and wide and provoked many letters and tweets, some supportive but many voicing strong disagreement.

Ed Thornton spoke to Angela more about her article, and also brought into the conversation Fr Craig Huxley, a priest in Kent who wrote a blog in response, “The Myth of the Evangelical Takeover”.

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