If the Archbishop of Canterbury abstains from too much hectoring about the sins of the past or the present, and encourages the faithful few in the parishes, then her six years in the post will not have been wasted.
Read the original article here The Truro diocese reiterated and defended its position on restructuring parishes in Cornwall. Local campaigners suggest that difficulty in recruiting clergy might be that priests…
Jonathan Baird writes about clergy occupying administrative roles rather than being frontline vicars. Read the original article here
10% of churches have been closed since 1969. Current restructuring of the way the CofE works will result in many more. Synod will be asked to consider the possibility of…
Should the Church be spearheading the multicultural nation that the UK has become? Read original article here
GOVERNANCE reform is necessary, but on its own will not overcome a culture of mistrustwhich is harming the mission of the Church, a new report on governance warns. “The levels…
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…