The Church of England needs to embrace affirmative action to increase the number of priests from ethnic minorities and the number of non-white parishioners, both of which lag changes in the wider population, a report has said.

The report, which the church has produced ahead of the meeting of the General Synod – its legislative body – next month in York, says that the “pace of change is very slow indeed” in widening participation among non-whites.

Details:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/20/church-of-england-affirmative-action-race