Save The Parish hopeful of more money for parishes in upcoming budget announcement
Emma Thompson writes in The Times about how The Church of England must rebalance their spending to pay priests a better wage.
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Parish funding could be cut
In Emma Thompson’s column for The Times this week, she reminds us of the core purpose of the fund now managed by the Church Commissioners and its theological underpinning, in light the General Synod debate this week to reform how funding is used.
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Justin Welby’s successor needs to halve the ‘upstairs church’
Emma Thompson considers the type of person the new Archbishop of Canterbury should be and argues that the Church “needs a parish-facing, pastoral Archbishop” who is willing to scale back the “bishops, bureaucracy and bluster.”
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Planet Normal: Bureaucracy is destroying our local churches
Emma Thompson and James Burnell-Nugent, Save The Parish volunteers, have been interviewed this week for the Daily Telegraph by Allison Pearson of the Daily Telegraph. You can listen to the interview here on the Planet Normal…
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The Church of England must take this opportunity to reform
Emma Thompson writes in The Telegraph that the Church of England shouldn’t rush into making appointing a new Archbishop of Canterbury.
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The next Archbishop should be pastoral not managerial
Emma Thompson believes bishops’ calling should be largely pastoral, parish-facing and caring, starting with loving existing churchgoers.
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DT: The Church of England has forgotten its only purpose
While Parliament faces a shake-up, the Church of England’s parliament, the General Synod, meets on Friday in York.
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Church of England can’t blame social media for its failings
Next week the Church of England’s General Synod will be presented with a report that explores ways of restoring trust in the church.
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DT article: The Church of England is treating its volunteers abominably
Emma Thompson thinks that the CofE is facing an existential crisis, manifesting itself in fewer bums on seats and a chronic lack of volunteers. Many dioceses are compounding and accelerating…
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Spectator article: Emma Thompson says Save our parish priests!
Read the original article here
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The Times: Emma Thompson
We need ministry, not management. Localised priests working on the principle of subsidiarity are essential. Read the original article here
