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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?”
Letters to the Editor | Church Times
“The old parishes are mostly real communities, and the whole parish still often has a strong sense of connection with the parish church, reflected in the high rate of occasional…
Parson and Parish: Nov. 2022 article on Save The Parish
Emma Thompson writes about the creation of ‘Save The Parish’.
CofE’s crisis is about more than money | Paul Hackwood, Church Times
In a diverse and highly distributed organisation such as the Church, purpose can be thick, but it needs to be both inclusive and clear. During the past few years, we have seen the C of E’s purpose shift to a very specific and narrow understanding of discipleship which is very Protestant, highly confessional, confident, metropolitan, and self-perpetuating. Sociologically, it comes from a place that is both wealthy and privileged.
The Diocesan Finances Review on BBC Radio 4
On 4th Aug Radio 4 ‘Sunday’ programme discussed the Diocesan Finances Review. Here is a transcript of the discussion.
The Critic: The Road to Wigan’s tears
Wigan’s restructuring has shown that the C of E’s current plans to create super-benefices do not work as intended.
