Angela Tilby points out that a congregation will give to their church, their community and a vision or perhaps a relationship with God or his representative on earth but not a dictating diocese which is expecting a tithe.
To resurrect the Church, try the gospel truth. Faith thrives when worshippers are given Christianity in the raw rather than the liberalism of the CofE hierarchy. Read original article here
The Church needs to take a scythe to the administrative burden which currently demotivates volunteers. As a Church Times leader this week observed, “The Church’s strategists really do have to…
“We are used to hearing from outsiders criticism of how the Church is run. We have seldom read, however, such a concerted attack on the Church’s leadership from within the…
“…Instead it could become simply a prescriptive sect: an organisation with an official line which its prelates are expected to toe. If ever there was an effective way to make a church unattractive to all but the dreariest of zealots and and empty its pews still further, this is it.”
CHURCHES are more likely to close in low-income areas than wealthier ones, a new report from Church Action on Poverty suggests. To reach more people in these communities, churches —…
The Government grant system for impoverished churches was handed over to the National Lottery. Since then funding has fallen around 80%. Should the UK government follow France and Germany’s example…