95% of Britons Are Hellbound

Richard Turnbull, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, is under fire for a statement he made in October in a speech (video, also here) at the annual Reform Conference, a conservative evangelical Anglican group. Here’s the relevant portion:

We are committed to bringing the gospel message of Jesus Christ to those who don’t know [him] and in this land that’s 95% of the people: 95% of people facing hell unless the message of the gospel is brought to them.

Another site has it this way:

We are committed, are we not, to bringing the gospel message of Jesus Christ to those who do not know Jesus. And in this land that is 95% of the people, and 95% of the people in this country facing hell unless the message of the gospel is brought to bear.

Read more at the following:

• Guardian: Theologian damns most Britons to hell
• Religious Intelligence: College row reflects crisis in Anglican Church
• Thinking Anglicans: Richard Turnbull speaks to Reform

HT: Virtue Online

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