The Victorian Act of Parliament that prevented local councils from making grants or donations to parish churches has been superseded by a new Act. We are very grateful to Rev’d Stephen Trott, a member of the Save The Parish Steering Committee, for his help in effecting this change. Please read about it in this article from the Church Times.
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…
SDF has enabled many people to be “brought to faith”, a new review of the programme concludes, despite the difficulty of measuring the creation of new disciples. The programme has…
Critics say the volunteer shortage comes as wardens face mounting workloads and bureaucracy as they struggle to support overstretched vicars who increasingly have to represent more than one congregation. Read…
Should the Church be spearheading the multicultural nation that the UK has become? Read original article here
“[Priests] are good, giving people, and they need to be properly paid and they need to be properly housed because they are the bedrock of our Christian faith. They are the people that are going around talking to parishioners, and they can learn a great deal of what is actually needed by the man in the street. Unfortunately, the Church of England is reducing their number and of course in turn that is going to reduce the churches, and they will be sold. So it is something that really needs to be supported.”
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.