Since Brighton Museum's new display will "feature lovers' memories of dirty weekends" (Argus, May 9), why not a display portraying the great contribution the Christian church has made to the cultural, social and spiritual life of the city?

In the 18th Century, the Countess of Huntingdon brought such famous preachers as George Whitfield to speak at her drawing-room meetings. As a result, a number of the aristocracy turned from their hedonistic life-style and transformed the political life of this nation, perhaps saving it from the bloody revolution the French experienced.

The next century produced such figures as Canon Wagner, who constructed the magnificent church buildings for which the city is famous and who did much to alleviate the sufferings of the poor, a tradition carried on in St Patrick's Trust.

One might go on to mention Bishop Hannington, a member of the family that started the famous department store, martyred as the first Bishop of East Africa; Hudson Taylor, who received his call to establish the China Inland Mission while walking on Brighton beach; and others who made a great contribution to the worldwide spread of Christianity.

Brighton is far more than "bed and bawd". Many of its citizens have been, and still are, men and women of great moral and spiritual vision. They also are part of the Brighton story.

-Reverend John Webster, Gleton Avenue, Hove