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The Church of England has published new guidelines
urging that worshippers with "special needs" should be particularly
welcomed in church to counter intimidation they have felt in the past.
The church says that 90 percent of people who come to a church don't
return because other worshippers are so unfriendly. The church
identified the "special needs" group as the blind, the deaf, short
people, breast-feeding mothers, bald people (who could suffer "trouble
from those overhead radiant heaters some churches have unwittingly
installed"), and those who read tabloid newspapers. (London Telegraph)
...Especially when they bring the paper to church, open to Page 3.
The Church of England has published new guidelines
urging that worshippers with "special needs" should be particularly
welcomed in church to counter intimidation they have felt in the past.
The church says that 90 percent of people who come to a church don't
return because other worshippers are so unfriendly. The church
identified the "special needs" group as the blind, the deaf, short
people, breast-feeding mothers, bald people (who could suffer "trouble
from those overhead radiant heaters some churches have unwittingly
installed"), and those who read tabloid newspapers. (London Telegraph)
...Especially when they bring the paper to church, open to Page 3.