Several letters suggesting the cost of dioceses, the overbearing pressure put on parishes to merge and the unelected and unaccountable oligarchy is what is driving the doom loop that is…
If the Church’s vast bureaucracy gets it wrong, as it so often has before, the consequences will be far-reaching. Let us hope that seriousness and wisdom prevail when Synod meets…
The Church of England needs to train more clergy and not more expensive bureaucrats who do not work weekends in order to reverse decline. Read original article here
“The bureaucracies of the 42 dioceses have grown commensurately. In 2018 the Diocese of Leicester had 108 employees. In 1926, it had only one: the bishop’s driver.” View Original.