I understand there are mixed views on this matter and many Friends will rightly say the Lord is present where we are so gathered, but I do wonder what future there is for new Friends to come to truth if our meeting houses not only lie empty, but are destroyed altogether.

In Britain our heritage is disappearing rapidly often with the consent of members of our society. We do not proselytise and often the name of the Lord is barely mentioned to fellow Christians. When you then have no visible presence in communities and many of your organisations refuse to be present in online spaces that draw eyes, what future is there?

I struggle with this and see it as a slow decline that cannot be arrested without new inspiration from the Lord.

I hope elsewhere in the world there is better news.