Why churches close | Emma Robarts, the Telegraph
“If a church is sold, the diocese receives two-thirds of the proceeds, and the Church Commissioners one third. The parish gets nothing.”
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It is said that we tend to undervalue that with which we are most familiar but in our small parish (about 150 inhabitants) thanks to the foresight of the Diocese and especially the vision of one Archdeacon, we have learned afresh the importance of the traditional parish system which has, for centuries, given the church a foothold in every community.
