Letter to Bishop of Truro asking for meeting and moratorium on On The Way
On 29 January 2023, Save The Parish Cornwall sent a letter to the Bishop of Truro asking for a moratorium on his On The Way plans for church reform in the county. They said that they feared these plans would erode and eventually destroy the Church of England locally. This followed a meeting in Truro on 6 January 2023 when churchgoers from ten of Cornwall's 12 deaneries expressed deep concern about these plans. The text of the letter is reproduced below. Dear Bishop Philip, We are writing to call for a moratorium on the On The Way plans that are being rolled out across Cornwall. We are asking you personally, for the second time, for an urgent meeting to discuss a number of issues before these proposals move into formal consultation. This call for a moratorium was passed overwhelmingly at a Public Meeting in Truro in January attended by nearly 40 churchgoers from parishes in 10 of the 12 deaneries in Truro Diocese. The meeting, called by Save The Parish Cornwall, and addresse