The Koranic chapter on Mary, read from the lectern at the service of Holy Communion, on the Feast of the Epiphany 2017, explicitly denied the divinity of Jesus.

Under pressure from Buckingham Palace, Dr. Ashenden resigned his royal chaplaincy in order to be free to challenge the rising tide of apostasy in the Church of England.

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
(Ephesians 2:10)

Now the hall Wang preached from sits empty, the pulpit and cross that once hung behind him both gone. Prayer cushions have been replaced by a ping-pong table and a film of dust. New tenants, a construction company and a business association, occupy the three floors the church once rented. Plainclothes police stand outside, turning away those looking for the church.

One of the officers told the Observer: "I have to tell you to leave and watch until you get in a car and go."

The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers, a former moderator and principal clerk of the church's general assembly, urged members to put aside their differences and work together. Speaking of the reforms he said: "If we do not change the way we think of our colleagues or learn to speak well of our brothers and sisters in Christ -- even those we disagree -- it may all be for nothing. Ours is a culture that needs to change".