Times Juliet Samuel: Decline of Christianity should be mourned
As faith wanes , other structures arise to fill the vacuum with conspiracy theories, political tribalism or health fads. We’re spending growing amounts of time in ‘non-places’
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The demise of the parish system is not inevitable. If the Archbishops are truly ‘passionate’ about the parish, they should tear up the Church Closers’ Charter. As it is, it’s as if they are denying that the revolution is coming, even as they build the guillotine.
Letters to the Editor | Church Times
“Bishop Richard Llewellin is right that amalgamating parishes into megaparishes is a disastrous strategy that, as the Church’s own research tells us, drives decline in church attendance and giving. There…
Letter to the Telegraph: Church Profligacy
Jonathan Baird writes about clergy occupying administrative roles rather than being frontline vicars. Read the original article here
Daily Telegraph letters: 35 churches and 3 vicars in Launde minster in Leicestershire
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…
CT: Madeleine Davies on lack of trust in CofE
GOVERNANCE reform is necessary, but on its own will not overcome a culture of mistrustwhich is harming the mission of the Church, a new report on governance warns. “The levels…
Jury still out on SDF strategy | Church Times
“A CORRESPONDENT whose letter is published this week suggests that something that the Church Commissioners should do with the resources that they hold in trust is “allocate a tiny fraction of their capital gain of £550 million in 2020 to clear the £12-million deficit accumulated by parishes in 2020 owing to Covid.”
