The Bishop of Norwich, the Rt Revd Graham James, speaking on the tenth anniversary of becoming diocesan bishop, has said he is excited by the way local churches are rethinking their approach to mission.
Fresh Expressions of church and renewed ways of our congregations reaching out to their communities suggest that now is a rather exciting time to be in the Church of England
he said. Bishop Graham explained that he was excited because church members were rethinking how their Christian commitment is going to be lived both in their churches and in their daily lives.
The bishop, whose diocese was founded in 1094 and has a population of approximately 815,000, said he prayed that the church in ten years time will be
a body which is more vigorous, more loving, more mission-centred and which has grown in depth of discipleship, faithfulness to Christ, in service to the wider community and in numbers.
Bishop Graham went on to add that
this sort of growth can begin to transform society.
You can read the full interview and download an MP3 version on the Network Norwich website.
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