Rowan Williams - A Mixed Economy of Church (N19)

Nomad Podcast

Tim Nash

Christianity, Faithshift, Deconstruction, Christianmysticism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianspirituality, Progressivechristian, Christian, Religion, Emergingchurch

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2010

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We thought it was about time we headed down to Lambeth Palace to have a chat with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Rowan said that if nothing else he wants his time as Archbishop to be remembered for his commitment to developing Fresh Expressions of church. So we thought we'd ask him why this is, and what his personal experience of new forms of church has been.

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0:00.0	So maybe you could just say your name just so I can check the level.
0:02.5	Okay, Rowan Williams, Archbishop Bill Canterbury.
0:04.5	Excellent.
0:11.2	Nomad, Christian community, mission and the future of the church.
0:16.1	Hello and welcome to Nomad podcast.
0:18.6	We are a group of friends living in Nottingham, England, exploring issues to do with mission, community and the future of the church.
0:26.7	On this month's show, Tim meets up with the Archbishop of Canterbury to talk to him about all things to do with new forms of church.
0:34.5	It's all coming up over the next 40 minutes or so on Nomad podcast.
0:47.0	On this month's Nomad podcast, I'm in Lambeth Palace with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan
0:52.7	Williams. Archbishop, welcome to the show.
0:54.9	Thank you very much. As the leader of the Church of England and the head of the worldwide Anglican
1:00.3	Communion, which obviously comprises of millions of churchgoers, I'm sure you must have reflected very
1:05.3	deeply on the nature of church. So in your opinion, what is the essential essence of church? I once said that church
1:14.4	is what happens when people encounter Jesus. That is, they don't just encounter Jesus as an individual.
1:21.4	They encounter him with, with others, with the community. And when that company comes into being,
1:27.0	then actually you've got, you've got church, you've got the basic thing.
1:31.2	So the question you always have to ask about creating new churches or whatever
1:36.5	is, is there an encounter, sort of life-changing encounter going on behind it,
1:41.4	which brings people together in a new way?
1:43.8	I mean, that idea of happening, I'm sure, would be very attractive, particularly to younger
1:50.1	seekers, they're curious about spirituality, but often their experience of church is much
1:55.5	more structured, much more traditional. Do you think it's possible to get back to a more
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