“In total, 1686 responses were received with most — 1495 — sent by individuals. Of these, the vast majority were lay people, generally regular churchgoers, PCC members, churchwardens, and volunteers. Most raised “significant concerns.”
“The value of the parish system comes from the fact that it can reach out to all sections of the community across England. Yet, as many of your correspondents have…
Hearty congratulations to Bishop Sarah Mullally as she becomes our new Archbishop of Canterbury. I really wish her all the luck in the world as she takes the tiller to…
Wigan’s restructuring has shown that the C of E’s current plans to create super-benefices do not work as intended.
“What I witnessed last week appears to be an increasingly unattractive spectacle in which procedural methods are used to wrongfoot elected representatives. The Synod is being reduced to a talking shop.”
Rather than being ‘difficult’ the parishioners are trying to tell their bishop that his plans will not work locally. Separately, the Church’s own research (two different reports) tell the Church…
The Daily Telegraph has reported on the backlash in Leicestershire (where a whole-diocese reorganisation is being put forward which would end the parish system with its pastoral care). Leicester diocesan…