CT: The restructuring of Wigan has been a disaster
Wigan review reveals that after six parishes were given only one paid stipendiary priest, attendance fell by 40% between 2015-2016.
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Church Times letters
Alison Millbank points out that resource churches can work well within parishes but wishes that leaving so many smaller parishes to languish is misguided. Read original article here
DT article: Death knell is ringing for Church of England parishes
Rev. Marcus Walker talks about what is happening in the Church. Let’s take a look at what the Diocese of Truro is trying to do. It is forcing dozens of…
BBC covers STP Cornwall and highlights the problems with current restructuring of the parishes
Will the Church of England follow the Welsh Church into oblivion if they follow the current trend into Monster Parishes? The BBC investigates with MPs and the Bishop of St….
Save the Parish campaign clashes with the Bishop of Truro over church spending priorities | Julian Mann
Frontline parish ministry is tough and getting tougher. Clergy cuts mean ever greater demands on the dwindling band of vicars or ‘priests-in-charge’ often running around several churches. How many CofE bishops know how it feels looking after multiple churches with the growing burden of bureaucratic demands from diocesan HQs?”
Church Times article: Parish giving is not a tax that is owed
Angela Tilby points out that a congregation will give to their church, their community and a vision or perhaps a relationship with God or his representative on earth but not…
