Church Times: The very sad destruction of a flourishing parish by a diocese
How a diocese can destroy a parish in a very short time.
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“But, actually, Judeo-Christian assumptions have underpinned every aspect of life in the West for roughly the past thousand years, shaping the way we think about everything – from art to law, morality…
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“Church of England, please look to your grass roots and the simplicity of Jesus Christ and His message. You seem to be clouding a simple, and glorious, message with complicated managerialism, which makes little sense to those of us who want to love our neighbours and cherish the local.”
DT letters: The CofE is no longer prioritising its buildings
In fact, when the buildings/land are sold the money goes into diocesan coffers and not to the local parish who, more often than not, financed them in the first place….
