Why secular folk still follow the star to nativity plays
Patrick Kidd’s charming Times Credo emphasises the value of the local parish.
Patrick Kidd’s charming Times Credo emphasises the value of the local parish.
Campbell Paget asks why a financially secure and fruitful rural parish church of about 200 members — including more than 30 young families, a church school with a chaplain, a…
If this decade sees the closure of another 2,000 churches, as looks likely, it’s time to ask what should become of them. There are now charities set up to save them, to keep them open for the community even without a congregation. That’s an option. But if that can’t be done, then Muslims would certainly rather a house designed to worship God stayed that way. Christians may think the same. In a fast-secularising society, the People of the Book should focus on the fact that worshippers of all religions are treading different paths up the same mountain.
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…
A recent report suggests that church parishes are declining at their fastest rate on record. Check out what is happening in your diocese in this article. Read original article here
Is there a wind of change in the corridors of Church House in Westminster? Is SMMI money substantially repackaged SDF money? Read original article here
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