Church Times article: Questions remain as Launde Minster is created
How can one oversight minister grow 35 churches in one minster; even with the help of lay staff?
How can one oversight minister grow 35 churches in one minster; even with the help of lay staff?
SDF has enabled many people to be “brought to faith”, a new review of the programme concludes, despite the difficulty of measuring the creation of new disciples. The programme has…
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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…
Roy Faulkner suggests that priests should be the most important employees of the Church of England. Reducing the diocesan employee count and putting priests in the community should result in…
“WE REALLY need to talk about bishops. The recent governance review of the Church of England got a mixed reception in the General Synod last month (News, 18 February). An amendment proposed by the Revd Sam Maginnis was carried, merely “thanking” the Governance Review Group for its work rather than “welcoming” it.”
Emma Thompson and James Burnell-Nugent, Save The Parish volunteers, have been interviewed this week for the Daily Telegraph by Allison Pearson of the Daily Telegraph. You can listen to the interview here on the Planet Normal…