THE CHURCH AND BROADCASTING

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 14, 21 October 1927, Page 6

THE CHURCH AND BROADCASTING

A letter from the Archbishop of Cane terbury to the managing director of the B.B.C. says :- "Broadcasting is now a well-assured factor in our national life-a uniquely widespread influence. — There is no stratum in our social life, no place. of recreation, no educational centre into which the influence of broadcasting does not penetrate. It came so quickly. We awoke to find it in our midst and uffe Cte ing us all, and as we awoke to its existence we realised with profound thankfulness that it was unquestionably working for good. . . . Provided we recognise that broadcast services do not serve, and are not intended to serve, es substitutes for the assembling of ourselves together in common worship of the one God and Father of us all, I for one am prepared to recognise and wel come their value. By means of the broadcast services much of the inspiration and consolation of the Gospel caw reach the invalid who, to his or her constant distress, is cut off from joinnig in the fellowship of the Churches. By its means we extend the reach and range of leaders of religious thought, and the challenge of the Faith of Christ veaches many in the highways and byways who turn their backs upon churches and chapels, but who listen to the message when it thus takes them by surprise."