Synod, seize chance to refund poorest parishes
The National Church Governance Measure presents a chance to redirect money where it is needed most, says Marcus Walker
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A Tale of Parish Ministry
A curate shares his parish story and concludes that a parish priest with a degree of energy, a smidgen of awareness, a willingness to roll their sleeves up and a desire to see their church grow can do great things if given time and focus on a single parish.
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Updated Finance Pages
We have just published Church of England financial data updated for 2023 here on the Save The Parish website.
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New report concludes that churches which offer more services grow strongly
This New in the North report was commissioned to give a sense of developments with new worshipping communities in 2023 and to inform discussions about helpful next steps. They found…
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Justin Welby’s successor needs to halve the ‘upstairs church’
Emma Thompson considers the type of person the new Archbishop of Canterbury should be and argues that the Church “needs a parish-facing, pastoral Archbishop” who is willing to scale back the “bishops, bureaucracy and bluster.”
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0.5 Rector for Dolton, Dowland, Iddesleigh & Monkokehampton, Devon
Half time Rector sought for North Devon benefice of 4 parishes. An exciting opportunity to lead a healthy and welcoming community with pastoral care and the values of Save the Parish at its core.
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The Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul Fareham – A History of Invasion
The priest-in-charge retired on 1st October 2023. The Bishop arrived the following Sunday 8th October 2023 to announce to the congregation that he had made arrangements for them to transfer to the…
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Why secular folk still follow the star to nativity plays
Patrick Kidd’s charming Times Credo emphasises the value of the local parish. You can read the full article on The Times website here
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In Defence of Faith
The Christmas Spectator’s excellent leading article “In Defence of Faith” mentions the local parish in its final paragraph. You can read the original article at the Spectator here.
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Planet Normal: Bureaucracy is destroying our local churches
Emma Thompson and James Burnell-Nugent, Save The Parish volunteers, have been interviewed this week for the Daily Telegraph by Allison Pearson of the Daily Telegraph. You can listen to the interview here on the Planet Normal…
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The Church of England has nothing to learn from the Civil Service
Rev Fergus Butler-Gallie writes in the Daily Telegraph this week that cash-strapped parishes must be free to focus on their core mission, not tied-up in management jargon.
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Church of England does not recognise the damage it is doing to parishes
Restoring the Value of Parishes, a research paper written by Esmé Partridge for the think tank Civitas, diagnoses what has gone wrong with the Church of England in recent years, and makes…
