Synopsis
Programme for 7-9 year olds looking at church as the family of God, embracing different races and nations, rites of passage, baptism and communion.
- Programme: Pathways of Belief
- Episode: Christianity: The Church
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 1997
- Religious Education | Christianity | Practices | The role of the church
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Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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