Telegraph article: Biden at 81. Why should a vicar retire at 70?
William Sitwell questions the Church’s rules which makes vicars retire at 70 if they don’t want to. As Job puts it (12.12 King James Version, 1611, ): “With the ancient…
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Church Times article: What do you get for an £88,000 parish share?
Michael Victor, a churchwarden, has tried asking the diocese — but says that he receives only veiled threats in response. Read original document here
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Church Times letters: David Lamming points out that a parish can look for a new priest before the old one leaves
David Lamming points out, the Patronage (Benefice) Measure of 1986 which allows bishops to start looking for a new priest before a priest leaves his post. Read original document here
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Church Times letters: Jonathan Baird asks why the Church insists on vacancies
Jonathan Baird asks why if, as David Lamming points out, the Patronage (Benefices) Measure of 1986 allows bishops to start looking for a new priest, do dioceses insist on a…
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CT Letters: The SDF and who is paying for it
Simon Smale suggests that the rump of the last SDF funding might be spent supporting parish ministry in Church’s ‘inherited’ format.
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Church Times: Letters regarding Wigan restructuring
Sir Tony Baldry, the second Estates Commissioner from 2010 to 2015 suggests that the Church cannot ‘buy’ attendance and asks who or what is going to revitalise the Covid induced…
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Law & Religion UK: The House of Bishops of the Church of England and public transparency
In this post, Andrew Atherstone, a member of the General Synod’s House of Clergy, reviews the public transparency of the deliberations of the House of Bishops and their use of…
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Church Times: In time of peril, look to Hooker
Angela Tilby ponders the replacement of altars and cassocks by smiley men in suits. Richard Hooker, the Church of England’s greatest theologian, whose Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity was forged in…
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The Critic: The Road to Wigan’s tears
Wigan’s restructuring has shown that the C of E’s current plans to create super-benefices do not work as intended.
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Miriam Cates calls for a major ‘revitalisation of the Parish System’
From the Daily Telegraph: Too often Bishops seem preoccupied with fighting climate change or opposing the democratically elected Government; it could lead to a wonderful revitalisation of the Parish system…
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DT: Letter to The Editor: Bishops should prioritise Parish funding
On Thursday the Church of England issued an announcement that they would be giving grants worth £30 million as part of the Church of England’s plan to achieve net zero…
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CT: The restructuring of Wigan has been a disaster
Wigan review reveals that after six parishes were given only one paid stipendiary priest, attendance fell by 40% between 2015-2016. Read original article here
