Daily Telegraph: Our churches face an uncertain future
If the Church’s vast bureaucracy gets it wrong, as it so often has before, the consequences will be far-reaching. Let us hope that seriousness and wisdom prevail when Synod meets this week.
If the Church’s vast bureaucracy gets it wrong, as it so often has before, the consequences will be far-reaching. Let us hope that seriousness and wisdom prevail when Synod meets this week.
Emma Thompson writes about the creation of ‘Save The Parish’.
Campaigners hailed the grants as ‘very good news’ – but warned there was still muchwork to be done Read the original article here
Reverend Barry A Orford supports Charles Moore’s view on the theological bias of the current batch of bishops in the Church. Read original article here
“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.”
George Pitcher argues that new survey which shows that, not only is Church of Englandattendance falling, but that its clergy seem to have largely given up on it. We’re not…
There is no excuse for the continuance of the interregnum for stipendiary clergy. Read original article here
I am s churchwarden, treasurer and secretary for a small church in Somerset. If the Church gives £100m for ‘slavery reparations’ I shall leave the Church of England, as will many others. The fund from which it comes (Queen Anne’s Bounty) was for poor parishes.. and boy, do we need it.