“But, actually, Judeo-Christian assumptions have underpinned every aspect of life in the West for roughly the past thousand years, shaping the way we think about everything – from art to law, morality to freedom. Our constitution makes no sense without it; our intellectual traditions are incomprehensible without it; even the very idea of the secular is a Christian idea.”
The Daily Telegraph reports on the backlash in Leicestershire (where a whole-diocese reorganisation is being put forward which would end the parish system with its pastoral care). Leicester diocesan synod…
Archbishop Welby is not part of the elected UK government and should put his own house in order before lecturing others. Read original article here
“The number of worshippers will only grow if the Church recovers its understanding of its central purpose.” [pdf-embedder url=”http://www.savetheparish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Untitled-2602.pdf” title=”Untitled 2602″]
In the Spectator, Quentin Letts writes about how front-line clergy will become oversight ministers and area deans, managers of lay and unpaid ‘focal ministers’.
On whether, were he to begin his tenure again, he would focus more on the renewal of “the little, the local, the ordinary parishes” rather than “flagship projects”, he said:…
An independent review of the last 6 years in Wigan has revealed that ‘Mega parishes’ have not been a success. When will the Bishops look at the mounting evidence against…