Save the Parish… now and forever

To sustain a thriving, cradle to grave, parish system with well-trained clergy providing regular worship, pastoral care, and sacraments, fully embedded in and serving their local communities

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Welcome

Chief among the treasures of the Church of England is its parish system: the church, embedded in communities across the nation, served by priests dwelling among the people they serve, resourcing the laity who come to hear “the pure Word of God preached and the sacraments be duly ministered”.  

Save the Parish is a grassroots movement working to resource the parish system across the nation, ensuring the poorest communities are not abandoned, and that dioceses and the national church have, at their core, the call to put their parishes first.

By returning the billions of Church Commissioners’ assets to the funding of ordinary parish ministry, and streamlining the bloated costs and duplicated activities of dioceses, the Church could reignite a passion for Christ across the nation, bubbling up from the thousands of communities to which she ministers.

The Revd Marcus Walker, Chair of Save The Parish

Did you know..?

…on average dioceses have 1 bureaucrat for every 3.5 paid clergy? Look here to see how your diocese compares.

…if you give up your PCC you will have no legal right to prevent closure of your church? Find out more in our Parish Pack.

…that the Church Commissioners have £10.6 billion endowed for parishes, but only 14% gets to parishes? Look here at the Church of England Finances

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Resources

Parish Pack

A beginners guide to the Church of England ‘system’

How to Object

Learn the legal rights of your PCC and why you must not give it up

Financial Information

Learn about your diocese in numbers

Extract from “How Village Churches Thrive”

Our churches are holy places that speak of God’s unchanging love. If they are to survive as the home of living, praying congregations they need to recover their role as hubs of community life.

Rt Revd Robert Atwell, Former Bishop of Exeter

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