The Archdeacon does not address his concerns, priests are overstretched in large parishes and have no time for pastoral care and, despite not telling the parishes about their plans, the dioceses still expect the parishes to pay the full parish share for no priest.
“The parish system is extraordinary: how many other professionals live alongside those with whom they work? The demands are many. My husband is expected to run a small business, manage…
“The answers by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich, the Rt Revd Martin Seeley, to the General Synod (11 February) point to the essence of the financial dilemma being addressed by development of an uncosted Vision and Strategy alongside the massacre, through ever more mergers and closures, of parishes that are the source of £1 billion of funding.”
Reverend Canon Andrew Lenox-Conyngham suggests that the Church has 9 times as many bishops relative to congregations than the Victorians had. Surely something is badly awry in the Church of…
Gerry Lynch looks at managerialism and the employment of managers in the CofE. ”The most high-profile of these “Ministers in Secular Employment”, as they are officially termed, is now undoubtedly…
James Burnell-Nugent suggests that the MPM review does nothing to restore trust with the parishes and should be sent back to be reworked. None of the review group’s suggestions to…
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”,