British Liquor Laws Impede Purchase of Altar Wine

The London News Telegraph reported Friday that Britain's new liquor laws which allow pubs to be open longer hours have had an unanticipated effect in another area. New licensing provisions for stores selling alcoholic beverages have made it more difficult for churches to buy wine for the altar. All but three of the 30 Christian bookshops run by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, have stopped selling wine, and now the St Albans Diocesan Resources Centre, Herts, is also giving up. Many churches now have to buy wine in supermarkets.