Sir Tony Baldry, the second Estates Commissioner from 2010 to 2015 suggests that the Church cannot ‘buy’ attendance and asks who or what is going to revitalise the Covid induced torpor in devising the strategy needed to oversee Church buildings.
There was also a comment in an article of 4th April 2023 in the Glasgow Times confirming previous reports that poor areas are worst affected by clergy-cutting and the withdrawal of church…
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On 4th Aug Radio 4 ‘Sunday’ programme discussed the Diocesan Finances Review. Here is a transcript of the discussion.
Rather than being ‘difficult’ the parishioners are trying to tell their bishop that his plans will not work locally. Separately, the Church’s own research (two different reports) tell the Church…
Gabriella Swerling writes that ‘brutal cuts’ to the number of priests in the Truro diocese is leading to a decline in normal church life. She and STP Cornwall produce some…
“The difficulties posed by the coronavirus crisis have exposed many fault lines and weaknesses in organisations around the country — and the Church of England is no exception.”