Views from the Pews (PDF)

(Views from the Pews was published in 1986). Views from the Pews begins with a popular account of what individuals and groups who took part in Lent '86 want to say to the churches involved in the Inter-Church Process 'Not Strangers but Pilgrims'. This analysis of the Questionnaires (see What on earth is the church for?) and Group Reports is by Judy Turner-Smith, Senior Research Officer of Trumedia Study (Oxford) Limited. It is accompanied by a survey of local ecumenism in Britain today. Hugh Cross, Ecumenical Officer for England, writes about Local Ecumenical Bodies in England. The Ecumenical Scene in Wales is described by Noel Davies of the Council of Churches for Wales; and a Scottish contribution comes from Kenyon Wright of the Scottish Churches' Council. The message from all these is the same: it is time to become one and to engage together in God's mission to the world, whilst valuing the different traditions and insights we bring to our common task.