““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. They have formed a new branch of Save the Parish, and written to the diocese’s bishops calling for a public audit of the £6 million budget for a resource-church programme.”
Rather than being ‘difficult’ the parishioners are trying to tell their bishop that his plans will not work locally. Separately, the Church’s own research (two different reports) tell the Church…
Why on earth not? No serious institution should like to describe themselves as follows: The 2021 paper had noted that 27 of the 42 dioceses were operating on deficit budgets….
Bishop concedes there is anecdotal evidence that anger about the scheme has led to people stopping giving to their local church. by Kaya Burgess The Church of England fears that…
GS1312 is the report by the CofE on the consultation to the Church Closers’ Charter (GS2222). Read/download it here, and leave your comments.
“This is why thousands of grassroots laity and clergy met, in person and online, last week to plot a General Synod campaign to oppose this new plan and remind our…
Helga Rushton writes about her observations on how villages support their parish churches.