Another Mega-benefice in Cornwall
The Rev’d Marcus Walker, chair of Save The Parish commenting on the recent decision to form a single benefice out of the Kerrier Deanery across the Lizard Peninsula said “The…
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In praise of vicarages
In praise of vicarages stresses their special importance as homes-cum-workplaces, reflecting the unique insider-outsider status of a parish priest, and suggests that dioceses should view them differently.
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How can we save England’s churches from closure?
Emma Thompson has written this piece for The Rectory Society to help those who value the parish system and want to keep it.
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Can a Diocese make threats using Parish Share?
For example, can a diocese say that a parish or benefice will not receive a priest unless they pay a certain amount of parish share, or if it does not…
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Bishop of Chelmsford challenges the Church’s ‘Vision and Strategy’
In this excellent lecture, Bishop Guli describes post-Covid societal weariness and disillusionment.
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Why can’t the Church say ‘church’?
Giles Fraser considers the possibility that the Church of England is losing its identity.
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Only chaos can redeem the Church
Giles Fraser is a journalist, broadcaster and Vicar of St Anne’s, Kew. Here he writes about organisation within the Church of England. A few days before Ori Brafman flew over to…
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How to make best use of your MP
Notes of a talk given by Chris Loder MP at the Save The Parish Spring Conference April 2024 A questioner asked what to do when the MP doesn’t want to engage—either doesn’t…
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Sheep Need Shepherds, not Managers
An essay by The Rev’d Canon Angela Tilby, Member of the Save The Parish Steering Committee Two years the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich suggested that the job of…
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Common Ground? The Past & Future of the English Parish.
Notes of a talk given by The Right Rev’d Andrew Rumsey, Bishop of Ramsbury at the Save The Parish Spring Conference April 2024.
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PCC Amalgamations: Why they are wrong, and how to resist them.
A talk given by Andrew Orange, General Synod Lay Member at the Save The Parish Spring Conference April 2024. I’m grateful to Bishop Andrew for reminding us of the importance of…
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The Future parish? What good looks like.
What Good Looks Like and How to Campaign Positively for the Parish System A talk given by The Rev’d Canon Professor Alison Milbank at the Save The Parish Spring Conference. April 2024. What a…
