 The Bishop said the diocese could appoint youth officers |
The Church of England should focus its efforts this year on reaching out to young people, the Bishop of Lichfield has said in a video message. This is the second year Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill's Evangelism Sunday message has been delivered through a video CD to his 585 congregations.
He looks after Staffordshire and parts of Shropshire and the Black Country.
The bishop said the diocese was considering the central support it provided to parishes for youth work.
He said that could include appointing a youth and children's missioner working across the diocese, or a youth officer and trainer for each area
In his message, the bishop said: "It continues to concern me that in some parishes I visit the young are so few.
"We may be a post-Christian society but equally we are a post-atheist society. Religion of all sorts is everywhere. Church schools have never been more popular.
"Uniformed organisations like scouts and guides, and boys and girls' brigades meet a crucial need. Parents long for their children to be brought up with right values and good foundations for life."
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