Times article: AN Wilson wants the gospel truth
To resurrect the Church, try the gospel truth. Faith thrives when worshippers are given Christianity in the raw rather than the liberalism of the CofE hierarchy.
To resurrect the Church, try the gospel truth. Faith thrives when worshippers are given Christianity in the raw rather than the liberalism of the CofE hierarchy.
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