On Wednesday afternoon, 6th September 2023, five members of the Church of England met for three hours in a London garden. Two members of the group were unable to join us. When I first suggested that we met in person, I did so because I wanted to know whether my ideas and visions were off the wall or accorded with their experience of Christianity today. By the time we met this week I knew my ideas weren’t off the wall. For several months I have been writing and circulating a series of papers. Tuesday’s blog, What is the Christian Story today? was the briefest outline of elements of our thinking. It is time to explore whether this can be converted into a movement within the life of the Christian Church. In the course of the coming weeks I will publish some of the other papers I circulated. This blog is the briefest survey of evolution, Christian origins, Western Church history from the sixteenth century, contemporary crises and possible responses.