“[The archbishops] must also follow up on their commitment to consider what I think is fundamentally wrong with the parish system: there are too many dioceses. It is impossible to justify the present 42 when, 200 years ago, in the Church’s heyday, there were 26.”
‘Friendless’ churches that are abandoned or have fallen into disrepair find help against the odds “An ancient and beautiful church fulfils its primary function merely by existing,” he (Ivor Bulmer-Thomas)…
“What we vicars need is a bishop who, like an elder sibling will swoop into our parishes and help sort out nonsense, and if required (safeguarding rules permitting) give us a hug. Bishops should be able to hang around in a parish for a few days, not just a few hours. In my mind a bishop should be to the vicarage family like a grandparent who says to the vicar and his wife, “You are overworking, so tonight I’ll look after the kids so you two can go off to the cinema.””
George Pitcher argues that new survey which shows that, not only is Church of Englandattendance falling, but that its clergy seem to have largely given up on it. We’re not…
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
Save the Parish (STP) welcomes today’s announcement from the Triennium Funding Working Group (TFWG) of a significant increase in support for the Church of England’s poorest parishes. However does it go far enough?
Save The Parish is delighted to announce that we had a record attendance at Saturday 20th April Conference in Bristol. The topic of the conference was ‘Campaigning for the Future of…