The Church of England is not doing enough to defend family values, social policy analyst Dr Rakib Ehsan has claimed.
He spoke on GB News in response to the Church’s decision to ramp up plans put forward by a pro-BLM bishop.
The Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the Bishop of Dover, said the Church of England should not be afraid of being called “woke”.
She called on the Church to expand the number of bishops, cathedral deans and other senior churchmen from ethnic minorities.
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Ehsan said the Church has its priorities skewed.
“There is no sphere of British life that is free from this divisive thinking”, he fumed.
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“Much of it imported from America’s toxic culture wars, and that includes the Church of England.
“I would argue that the Church of England in recent times has abandoned traditional Christian values in favour of this unholy trinity of diversity, equality and inclusion.”
He went on to comment on what he believes is “holding back” the country, a matter the Church of England could ramp up its support for.
“One of the worrying things for me, which I think is really holding back our country, is growing family fragility.
“We’re an international hotspot when it comes to family breakdown.
“In terms of defending traditional family values and valuing marriage as such a sacred institution, I would like to hear more of that from the Church of England.”
The General Synod, the Church’s legislative body, passed a motion on Sunday which said it should “encourage parishes and deaneries to develop local action plans to address issues of racial injustice”.
Recent data from the Church shows 4.1 per cent of clergy are from an ethnic minority background in comparison to the 18.3 per cent that make up the total population in England and Wales.
Regular data on the diversity of congregations is not something regularly collected by the Church but in 2014, it was found that seven per cent of churchgoers were found to come from ethnic minorities.
Hudson-Wilkin became the first black female Church of England bishop when she was appointed in 2019.