We step into the shoes of a church youth group leader trying to get a bunch of teenagers home.
Is the minibus the answer to our problems?
Do the safeguarding rules guarantee to keep children safe?  No but they guarantee to make youth work harder.
If this is all too depressing then just 2 weeks to go to Church ahead summer pop festival.

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10 effects of abuse on the church.
How has Premier League football got off so lightly?
What would CS Lewis' Screwtape say about abuse?
Have we seen the whole story yet?
Trigger warning ; if you have been affected by abuse you may find this episode distressing.

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Have you been as naive as Rev L about the reality of abuse in church?
What is the scale of the problem?
Who are the culprits?
What made the clergy of 1995 drop their smile towards their bishops?

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Church versus world ; which way does the influence flow?
Who is the greatest English Christian leader in our lifetime?
What did the princess do in the bishop's sermon?
Why do Christianity's cleverest cheerleaders not go to church themselves?
Meet the 18th century church people who changed the world for the better.
Do today's social change movements find their energy in church?
This is the 3rd of 3 episodes defining church decline.  

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2nd of 3 definitions of church decline.
We look at church through the Marxist lense of power.
Which part of the Archbishop's body saw off the amorality of Cole Porter?
An organisation that used to control almost everything now controls what?
Is a weaker church truer to itself?

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What is church decline?
Here we get to a definition of decline and we put some numbers on it.
What does the RC priests' reunion at Midland Hotel tell us about the priestly pipeline?
How much has  church declined in the past year, decade & century?
Have we missed something?  Are some churches bucking the market?

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Is church like a public bus with a clapped out engine?
This is the 3rd of 3 analogies of church decline. 
Does your faith get you through the journey of life or have you broken down?
Why does Rev L want to be called a dysfunctional theologian?

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Church is like a house with a few building problems.
There is no shortage of builders wanting to sort it out.  
Harold Heritage of Conserving Churches offers one approach. 
Louise Liberal from Modern House offers the opposite view.
And Demolition Dave from Raging Radicals can't be bothered with any of it...
How big are the cracks in your church?
Is the roof leaking?
Is the electrical wiring safe?
Episode 9 is the 2nd of 3 analogies of church decline.
Which reform movement offers church the best hope for the future?

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Is your church like a restaurant that serves food people no longer want?
We are starting to warm up to the theme of church decline with 3 analogies of church decline.  Restaurant is the 1st of 3 analogies.
People are  hungry and they need to eat.  But they don't have to come to our restaurant!

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What have you got out of church?
Quite a lot if your experience is like Rev L.
"So many good things have come my way through church".
Don't be like Ali G.
But some people have a terrible experience...
Fed up of hearing Rev talk about himself?  Good - this is the last autobiographical introductory episode.

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