Church closures

Irene Harvey (Letters, May 5) laments pending rural church closures in Islay but what other choice is there for the Church of Scotland?

Mainstream protestant churches have been in terminal decline on account of a range of chronic poor leadership decisions.

We have vilified minorities and weaponised sexuality, while a national housing crisis has destroyed countless relationships and families, but churches have often retained assets or buildings which are no longer used very much. Churches have been concerned about shortfalls in their own pension schemes, but I have no recollection of ever seeing clerics agitate for state pension age to be retained at 65 years for other workers.

The modern Church needs to get back to basics – citizens live and die without understanding the importance of Our Lord’s life to them.

J T Hardy, by email.