Save The Parish - Cornwall

The Archbishop of Canterbury started a three-day visit to Cornwall this week amidst unprecedented turmoil in the Church of England in the county. He arrives amidst a wave of controversy about the Bishop of Truro’s brutal cost-cutting project On The Way , which threatens to cut vicars, destroy ancient parishes, and close historic churches. But the Archbishop will be distracted from that by visits to the parallel Transforming Mission programme which is spending millions in the county on highly contentious ‘mission churches’. The campaign group Save The Parish Cornwall, fighting to save clergy jobs and preserve the county’s centuries-old way of church life, pen an open letter to the Archbishop, begging him to recognise - and stop - the damage   Dear Archbishop Cornwall welcomes you this weekend.  This is, of course, the land that tourists see – beautiful beaches, breath-taking countryside, cream teas and pasties. You might even have previously glimpsed something of the other s