A Serious House

“Martin Camroux’s A Serious House is a carefully considered reflection of the present state of the church and Christianity. Deeply personal, it draws on Martin’s own journey of faith as a pastor, preacher, and scholar, while exploring the great issues and formidable challenges faced by Christians. We should be grateful to Martin for this eminently readable, searingly honest, learned, if sometimes uncomfortable book.”


—Richard Jurd, United Reformed elder and lay-preacher





“How welcome—another thoughtful, refreshing, and well-crafted work by Martin Camroux. This book weaves together strands of autobiography, preaching, and socially aware apologetics, defying stale stereotypes of these genres, overcoming their more exclusive aspects, and enhancing their complementary strengths. This approach is profoundly pastoral, as Camroux speaks for those who are losing their sense of church and for those on the threshold of finding this as a more honest, more convivial, more transformative actuality.”


—Ian McPherson, United Reformed minister





“A Serious House is the credo of a liberal Christian known for his candid criticism of churches to which he remains devoted. It is written with clarity and honesty. It is informed by and sensitive to tradition. And it is evangelical.”


—Clyde Binfield, professor emeritus of history, University of Sheffield