What on earth is an “NWC”? Well, options include Northwest College, Wyoming, and the National Water Council, an obscure statutory government agency in Britain. Thanks, Google.
According to a report from the rather grand-sounding Center for Church Planting Theology and Research, based within a Church of England seminary at the University of Durham, NWC means “new worshipping community.” A what? Is that what we once called a church?
The Church of England has lost its way, trapped in a mire of tortuous language, multifarious experimentation, and a superficiality that has led to doctrinal declension and a loss of confidence in its very foundations and, indeed, its Founder and head. We need to recover our confidence in being the Church of Jesus Christ and not some vague imitation or self-help salon.
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