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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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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Happy 3rd Birthday Save The Parish!
Angela Tilby in her regular column last week celebrated the 3rd birthday of Save The Parish. She commented “It was the third anniversary last weekend of the launch of Save the Parish, the…
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Church Times article: Campbell Paget asks why his former parish is being denied a priest?
Campbell Paget asks why a financially secure and fruitful rural parish church of about 200 members — including more than 30 young families, a church school with a chaplain, a…
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CT article: A new source of money for PCCs to support their churches.
The Victorian Act of Parliament that prevented local councils from making grants or donations to parish churches has been superseded by a new Act. We are very grateful to Rev’d…
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CT: Alison Milbank does not see what the Bishop says is happening in Truro
Rather than being ‘difficult’ the parishioners are trying to tell their bishop that his plans will not work locally. Separately, the Church’s own research (two different reports) tell the Church…
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CT article: Truro diocese tries to defend their plan for parishes in Cornwall
Read the original article here The Truro diocese reiterated and defended its position on restructuring parishes in Cornwall. Local campaigners suggest that difficulty in recruiting clergy might be that priests…
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CT article: inflation hits parish income
Read the original article here THE number of regular givers in the Church of England has fallen since 2013 by 30 percent — 172,000 — statistics published by Church House,…
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DT article: CofE is treating volunteers abominably and they choosing to walk or operate under the radar.
The Church needs to take a scythe to the administrative burden which currently demotivates volunteers. As a Church Times leader this week observed, “The Church’s strategists really do have to…
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FREE Access to the Church Times in March
Articles in the Church Times are normally behind a ‘pay wall’ that allows non-subscribers to download only 3 articles per month. As a gesture to encourage more readership, for the…
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CT letter: Sam Maginnis on the requirement for unions in the Church of England
Sam points out that the overall picture presented by a survey is of C of E clergy working long hours for inadequate remuneration and at increasing risk of stress and…
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CT article: Angela Tilby suggests that the CofE should heed the problems of the Post Office
Is the management hierarchy always right? St Paul’s analogy of the Church as a body has been widely influential in Western culture. It suggests that “corporations”, institutions, fulfil their function…
