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Let Bishops be Bishops | Revd. Daniel French

“What we vicars need is a bishop who, like an elder sibling will swoop into our parishes and help sort out nonsense, and if required (safeguarding rules permitting) give us a hug. Bishops should be able to hang around in a parish for a few days, not just a few hours. In my mind a bishop should be to the vicarage family like a grandparent who says to the vicar and his wife, “You are overworking, so tonight I’ll look after the kids so you two can go off to the cinema.””

By Save The Parish, ago

Parliamentary Questions & Answers

The Church Commissioners are accountable to Parliament.  The General Synod is a devolved administration whose legislation (Measures) have to be approved by Parliament.  One manifestation of this constitutional arrangement is that Parliamentary Questions can be asked of the Church Commissioners.  This is done through the Second Church Estates Commissioner, Andrew Read more…

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Letters to the Editor | the Church Times

“Where is the accountability for such mismanagement? The Bishop of Grimsby is quoted as saying that Lincoln plans more clergy reductions, despite its being “the diocese that proved that cutting stipendiary clergy is disastrous”. Rather than embark on more restructuring of parishes, perhaps this diocese should be put into special measures, whereby (i) its bureaucracy is put into the hands of a financially competent diocese, (ii) all the ordained staff from Church House, including archdeacons, are put into parishes, and (iii) the space thereby made vacant in Church House is let out.”

By Save The Parish, ago