Sunday Times Letters: Church of England can still strike the right note
The Church can still strike the right note particularly if it refers back to the gospels regularly and sticks to its knitting and not passing fads.
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“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.”
