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‘New Things’ are not part of parish ministry, whatever misleading claims may be made – says Professor Alison Milbank on BBC Radio 4.
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Letters to the Editor | the Church Times
“Where is the accountability for such mismanagement? The Bishop of Grimsby is quoted as saying that Lincoln plans more clergy reductions, despite its being “the diocese that proved that cutting stipendiary clergy is disastrous”. Rather than embark on more restructuring of parishes, perhaps this diocese should be put into special measures, whereby (i) its bureaucracy is put into the hands of a financially competent diocese, (ii) all the ordained staff from Church House, including archdeacons, are put into parishes, and (iii) the space thereby made vacant in Church House is let out.”
Rural-and-urban gap is widening | Angela Tilby, Church Times
“THE depth of anger expressed in recent responses to the so-called “Church Closers’ Charter” — the now infamous GS2222 — reflects a widening culture gap not only between diocese and parish, but also between urban and rural church life.”
Unherd: Has the Church stopped working?
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DT Letters: Should the Church be focusing rather than meddling
A disestablished Church of England would be more inclined to focus on its core role of supporting its parishes rather than meddling in politics. Read original article here
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