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Where Have All the Preachers Gone?

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Every Sunday over 30.000 sermons are preached in Britain. What is the effect of this mountain of eloquence? Do sermons still influence our behaviour - or is it considered somewhat impertinent to ' preach at people?
Robert Foxcroft looks at the state of preaching in cur churches today, compares it with the preaching of the past. and discovers what the people in the pew think of the fare they are offered. Researcher SIMON RICHEY Readers JULIAN BATTERSBY and ROBERT DUNCAN
Producer DAVID WINTER (Repeated. Fri 11.3 am)

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Robert Foxcroft
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Simon Richey
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Readers Julian Battersby
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Robert Duncan
Source: Radio Times

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