Backed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the plan is for people to: “get together and chat over a cup of tea and pray for our country and our future’.
Churches will be given packs with Bible-passages and questions to prompt discussion, such as: ‘What effect has Brexit had in your family relationships, friendships etc and if you disagreed, has it been possible to disagree well?’ and: ‘What are the three main things we have in common that we can build on for a better future as a community and as a nation?’
Bishop of Chelsmford, RT Rev Stephen Cottrell, told Premier: “This process that we’re embroiled in which appears to be unravelling right now and will probably change again tomorrow, there will come a point where it comes to an end – when we wake up on that day we’re still neighbours to one another and the thing that distresses me is that we’re defining ourselves so much now by ‘are you leave?’, ‘are you remain?’, we’ve got to put an end to that and say whichever way you voted…we’re still sisters and brothers to one another!”
He added that the cafe will be focussing on how to move on with a healthy attitude to people with different opinions: “The conversation is not about Brexit but about how we can love one another, how can we be good neighbours to one another?
“Brexit has created a situation in this country which I don’t think we’ve seen for years…
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