Latest News
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Church leaders and Save the Parish join forces as report warns the vicar is becoming an ‘endangered species’
Parish Ministry: Addressing the Crisis in Stipendiary Clergy Numbers in the Church of England details a collaborative initiative between Save the Parish and senior Church of England leaders to halt…
Parish Stories
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A cautionary tale about hanging onto your PCC
From spirited church family to empty church building – what went wrong with the diocesan processes in Liverpool?
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A parish success story from the North West
From a church in the North West – Fight to keep your own parish and involve your local community and your congregation will grow.
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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.
Essays
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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.
