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Britain’s established church is trying to reinvent itself to survive. In this episode, we look at how the Church of England is borrowing American-style church planting to fight declining attendance, swapping organs and vestments for worship bands, coffee, and craft beer. New congregations like Portsmouth’s Harbour Church are drawing hundreds of young worshippers—but critics say this revival risks draining traditional parishes and nudging Anglicanism toward a more evangelical, conservative identity. Can entrepreneurial faith breathe new life into an ancient institution, or is it reshaping it beyond recognition?

https://www.economist.com/britain/2018/10/27/trendy-new-churches-poach-worshippers-from-stuffy-ones