The Church of England is preparing for Britain to be drawn into a war due to the growing threat of global conflict, it revealed today.
For what is thought to be the first time, a serving member of the Armed Forces - who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan - will brief the Church’s ruling body on the threats facing Britain when it meets next month.
While not yet on a ‘war footing’ and still ‘praying for peace’, the Bishop to the Armed Forces said the Church is now readying itself to play an important spiritual role during ‘conflict that involves the UK’.
As part of preparations for this, the CofE’s top brass is looking back to the leadership shown by senior religious figures during the Second World War for inspiration.
Reverend Hugh Nelson, Bishop to the Armed Forces, said the Church wants to ‘take seriously’ the potential challenges ahead and avoid being caught out like the nation was by the pandemic.
