“Then he began to speak, and taught them.” Matthew 5:2

W began this Series noting that the institutional Church had been in decline for decades, that the traditional church with which most people will have identified had disappeared in many places and was struggling in others. To have talked about when the Church of Ireland has gone could have been seen as being gloomy, or it could have been seen as being positive about the future of local churches. Our concern has been to discern a way for the Church …