Parson and Parish: Nov. 2022 article on Save The Parish
Emma Thompson writes about the creation of ‘Save The Parish’.
Emma Thompson writes about the creation of ‘Save The Parish’.
Why are vicars joining unions and joining doctors and nurses by asking for a pay rise? The centralisation of power at the centre of the Church and the increased managerialism…
“THE depth of anger expressed in recent responses to the so-called “Church Closers’ Charter” — the now infamous GS2222 — reflects a widening culture gap not only between diocese and parish, but also between urban and rural church life.”
Local churches of all faith should and could work with local authorities and Labour will be able to make this happen: but there has to be a local presence in…
More clergy in the front line is the most fundamental step to “overcome this discrepancy between our ambitious aspirations that require stipendiary clergy and our current short-term situation in relation to finance”.
Read some further comments on +Guli’s lecture about the C of E’s “Vision and Strategy”.
“A 1,000-year-old system of parishes could be collapsed by panic.”