Boring sermons are `blasphemy'

Sydney - Churches in the Australia state of Victoria are worried their sermons are too boring

Sydney - Churches in the Australia state of Victoria are worried their sermons are too boring. A report by the Uniting Church in Victoria found 26 per cent of parishioners "failed" their clergy on their ability to "communicate inspirationally". The report's author, the Rev John Bodycomb, said: "Boring people in God's name is blasphemy."

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