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Radical plans could see a united church in Wales – if churches are bold enough!

How bold are the churches of Wales?  Are they bold enough to work more closely together?  Are they bold enough to go forward with a radical plan that could lead to a united church in Wales?  Those were the challenging questions put to a major conference of the five covenanting churches in Wales.

Far-reaching recommendations for a Church Uniting in Wales, with nine bishops and an inter-change of ordained ministers, were launched at The Gathering, in Aberystwyth, when representatives of the five churches came together in the largest ecumenical meeting held in Wales in recent times.

Bold and imaginative thinking was highlighted in the brief given to the Commission of Covenanting Churches in Wales, the Rev Gethin Abraham-Williams, chair, told the meeting.  How the Commission had responded to the challenge could be seen in its reports.  But, he asked, were the churches, in turn, going to be bold enough to take it forward?

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