'The church has lost its way a bit': A vicar who wants change in this world, not the next
After 40 years in inner-city ministries, Neville Black talks homophobia, stolen toffee tins and religious conversion
Dear members — Neville Black was always destined to be an inner city vicar. A vicar of the frontlines, so to speak, not one happy to enjoy a quiet life of ease in a pastoral parish. Born not long before the turn of war, he grew up in Bootle, where for a brief window of 1941 the bombs fell as intensely as anywhere outside of London. Later he came to wonder how this strange early life, along with the loss of his father at the age of three, came to inform his faith. Now in his 80s, Neville has written the story of his life: 40 Years in Liverpool’s Inner City. We went along to meet him.
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