From the Daily Telegraph:
Too often Bishops seem preoccupied with fighting climate change or opposing the democratically elected Government; it could lead to a wonderful revitalisation of the Parish system if instead the Church focused its efforts on helping to rebuild family life, with all the social, emotional and spiritual benefits that could bring.
Rev Fergus Butler-Gallie writes in the Daily Telegraph this week that cash-strapped parishes must be free to focus on their core mission, not tied-up in management jargon.
While Parliament faces a shake-up, the Church of England’s parliament, the General Synod, meets on Friday in York.
BRUTAL cuts” to clergy posts in the diocese of Truro are on the horizon, a group of concerned parishioners has warned. The group of eight, from four of the diocese’s 12 deaneries, includes several PCC members and a lay member of the General Synod.
Macron wants to find a further Euro200m to support the local churches. The State took over responsibility for religious buildings many years ago and recognises that people will support their…
Emma Thompson thinks that the CofE is facing an existential crisis, manifesting itself in fewer bums on seats and a chronic lack of volunteers. Many dioceses are compounding and accelerating…
“This is beyond managed decline, it is driven decline.”