PROGRESS has been made towards achieving racial justice in the Church of England, but there is still a long way to go, the Archbishop of York has said. Archbishop Cottrell delivered a video message to the two-day “Being Built Together” conference, organised by the C of E’s Racial Justice Unit, which began in Swanwick, Derbyshire, on Thursday. “The Church is on a Spirit-inspired journey towards living out racial justice fully, as a witness of God’s love,” the Archbishop said. He expressed gratitude to the conference delegates for “your tireless work, your perseverance, sometimes under very challenging circumstances. Canon Chike told the conference that delegates were united in combating the “lie” and “false narrative” of racism.

Source: The Times October 13, 2023 18:35 UTC