CT article: inflation hits parish income
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THE number of regular givers in the Church of England has fallen since 2013 by 30 percent — 172,000 — statistics published by Church House, Westminster, show.
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THE number of regular givers in the Church of England has fallen since 2013 by 30 percent — 172,000 — statistics published by Church House, Westminster, show.
The Synod (e) encourage each parish and diocese to support a process of local missionaldiscernment (Mission Action Planning) to enable greater effectiveness in parochialmission and put a plan in place…
In total, 1686 responses were received with most — 1495 — sent by individuals. Of
these, the vast majority were lay people, generally regular churchgoers, PCC
members, churchwardens, and volunteers. Most raised “signi#cant concerns”,
Roy Faulkner suggests that priests should be the most important employees of the Church of England. Reducing the diocesan employee count and putting priests in the community should result in…
The Church of England is increasingly dropping the word “church” in favour of “relevant and modern-sounding” descriptions such as “community”, a new study suggests.
“In our rural deanery, we have five parishes in vacancy, and another five to become vacant soon.”
Social media risks making people stupid, according to a Church of England report.