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"Churches are not only part of our lives, they’re also a very important part of our landscape. If lost, we would all be the poorer."
“The hastening death of the parish will tear the beating heart from many a small place that is reliant upon church to help organise its common life."
“In rural areas, the parish church is often the only building which can be used for gathering the community at times of celebration and crisis... Its absence would further impoverish the community."
Churches are as important as key workers in a pandemic Covid-19 has highlighted the vital role churches play in community life, yet they face a crisis in funding CATHERINE PEPINSTER19 October 2020 • 6:00am Sixteen Read more…
Priests need to be replaced as soon as they leave the parish and the Church should spend more money training priests. Approximately 20% of priests are due to retire in the next 5 years. Read more…
The Bishop sets his case but does not explain where the lay volunteers are going to come from: 105 local leaders, 30 pioneers and 20 leaders for young people as well as 142 church wardens. Would Read more…
Big changes are afoot in Truro. Against strong local opposition the Bishop of Truro is creating official oversight ministers who may be lay and continuing to reduce the numbers of vicars and grouping churches into Read more…
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There was also a comment in an article of 4th April 2023 in the Glasgow Times https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23433604.amp/ confirming previous reports that poor areas are worst affected by clergy-cutting and the withdrawal of church social care. The Read more…