Christianity dying out in Leicester

LEICESTER ISLAMIC STANDARD

More Churches closing in Leicester, this time in Belgrave area.

At a time that has seen more and more Mosques / Masaajid (pl. Masjid) being built across Leicester as the Muslim population grows, Leicester’s Christians are struggling to fill ancient buildings, leading to Christianity dying out where it has been present for nearly 1000 years.

Within weeks, the doors of St Peter’s Church, in Belgrave, will be bolted shut.

Nearby St Gabriel’s Church, on Kerrysdale Avenue, will also close after the Church of England upheld the proposal to decommission the buildings.

At a meeting on Monday at the Church of England’s London headquarters, the Diocese of Leicester was given permission to go ahead with the closures.

A spokesman for the Church Commissioners, responsible for church assets, said they “concluded that the parish only needs one church building”.

St Alban’s Church will be the last remaining church serving the whole of the Belgrave, where dozens of Churches were present only 100 years ago.

Although many people are following no religion, or other religions, Islam remains the fastest growing faith in Leicester, the UK, and the rest of the world.

Instead of being full of old people, are Masaajid are these days full of the young who are often more practicing than their parents or grandparents generation.

We at the Leicester Islamic Standard welcome the dying out of this idolitrous faith in our city and look forward to the day when Islam is the dominant faith over the whole of Leicester, with the law of God enforced for the benefit of all.