Daily Telegraph letters: call on Parliament and Church Commissioners to intervene
There should be vicars in the parish, the Church Commissioners and Parliament need to take an interest and the Church needs to amend its rule book.
There should be vicars in the parish, the Church Commissioners and Parliament need to take an interest and the Church needs to amend its rule book.
“There is fine architecture: stained glass, sublime wood carvings, roofs adorned by angels, and handsome tombs and monuments. But a church is not merely an education in aesthetics; it is an education in history. It helps furnish a picture of society as it was.”
AN Wilson points out that churches are an important part of our culture; as important to those who who go once a year as those who go once a week….
“We are used to hearing from outsiders criticism of how the Church is run. We have seldom read, however, such a concerted attack on the Church’s leadership from within the…
Bishop of Croydon on alternative uses for church buildings, not least for after school clubs. A lively debate between Chris Loder MP and Dominic Grieve, an erstwhile Attorney-General at about 35…
William Sitwell questions the Church’s rules which makes vicars retire at 70 if they don’t want to. As Job puts it (12.12 King James Version, 1611, ): “With the ancient…
Gerry Lynch looks at managerialism and the employment of managers in the CofE. ”The most high-profile of these “Ministers in Secular Employment”, as they are officially termed, is now undoubtedly…