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
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
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Interesting Viewing
The Bishop of Hereford, The Rt Rev’d Richard Jackson, has been speaking to the Church Times about the recent three year funding announcement by the Archbishops’ Council.
Latest News
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In praise of vicarages
In praise of vicarages stresses their special importance as homes-cum-workplaces, reflecting the unique insider-outsider status of a parish priest, and suggests that dioceses should view them differently.
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How can we save England’s churches from closure?
Emma Thompson has written this piece for The Rectory Society to help those who value the parish system and want to keep it.
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Harnessing the Parish for Mission: Reflections for a Flourishing Future
The Rt Rev’d Esther Prior, Bishop of Aston was our keynote speaker at our conference last week. Here is her speech.
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