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 and use a tax incentive to encourage the public to support the local church in their area?
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″]
“I won’t be launching any new initiatives… I’m committed to supporting and empowering, as best we can, each local context to discern for yourselves how you are to be God’s people in your bit of the world, always facing outwards to the needs of the community in which you are based and working in partnership with others.”
Read the original article here THE number of regular givers in the Church of England has fallen since 2013 by 30 percent — 172,000 — statistics published by Church House,…
“We need the archbishops to accept the desperate plight of their parishes, recognising that without them the Church of England is nothing, put their preservation ahead of political interventions and set in motion the radical restructuring of the dioceses proposed here, which is implied but not expressed in their paper. Without it, we in the parishes will continue our slide into poverty and a very worthwhile proposal for reform will gather dust in the beautiful new library at Lambeth Palace.”
”At the moment, the regime remains in power, controlling the money, media and message. But something stronger than sullen resentment has been born out of this ongoing safeguarding omnishambles. Some…