Seems like I'm stumbling over news about the Anglican chuch each time I turn around. Now it's a short comment by the Chaplain of the Stock Exchange (I had no idea such a role existed), pertaining to a very secular-sounding ad by the Church of England, seeking a "Diocesan Secretary":

Looking for a quiet life in a simple organisation hidebound by tradition? Read no more!

Tradition = Bad & Inflexible.

The Diocesan Secretary will play a vital role in developing the mission of the church. She or he will be a member of the senior management team contributing to the strategies and policies that will take mission forward and manage all the support and business functions in a customer-focused way, co-ordinate the operation of the network with more than a portfolio of management skills...

The Rector observes, in particular:

... the Church is supposed to be based on the supreme notion that the Word was made Flesh.... What is the Church doing parroting this sort of vicious inanity?

It's certainly not being radical and prophetic – or as the idiots in the York Diocesan Office would say – "cutting edge". It's just doing what the Church always does so well: following secular fashion only, like some Prince Consort, one dutiful pace behind.

Right. I work in the world of "business functions" and "customer focus" and "network operations." The last thing it needs is a church which views it as the ultimate guide and model.

As Jesus says, concerning those who claim to follow him, but want to emulate and fit in with "the world":

You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

Churches like the C of E will always be bad at what businesses are good at. But that's okay: they weren't meant to be like businesses. The world doesn't need more biz-org-speak and trite buzzwords. The world needs the radical proposition that only Jesus offers.