Former SEVENTH ANGEL Bassist Mark Broomhead Now Minister In The Church Of England
February 14, 2013, 11 years ago
According to the BBC, former SEVENTH ANGEL bassist Mark Broomhead is currently a minister in the Church of England and vicar of the Order Of The Black Sheep, a church in Chesterfield.
"We want it to be as uncomfortable as possible for people who'd go to an ordinary church," he says, speaking about his new ministry.
He is not alone in his endeavour. A number of underground Christian groups are at work across the country, reaching out to people and subcultures that feel alienated by the traditional Church.
As media attention remains focused on the Church of England's stance on issues like women bishops and gay marriage, this very different type of Christian scene has gone largely unnoticed.
The Order of the Black Sheep is based in a converted beauty salon. The walls are painted black to match its gothic logo, and a ram's skull perches ominously on a bookshelf.
The service itself lasts just a few minutes. A short sermon about Lent is interspersed with film clips and an electro soundtrack. The congregation sink into bean bags instead of filing into pews, and afterwards bread and wine are passed around at leisure. Informality reigns.
Read more at the BBC.
Seventh Angel released the albums The Torment (1990) and Lament for the Weary (1991). These records achieved mainstream distribution through Music for Nations label, making the band labelmates with such groups as METALLICA, SLAYER and MEGADETH.
