More than a quarter of churches in Cornwall are failing to offer a Sunday service, The Telegraph says
More than a quarter of churches in Cornwall are failing to offer a Sunday service, analysis by the Telegraph reveals today. Click here to read the full article. Two weeks ago the S unday Telegraph covered our dossier on churchgoers' - and the wider communities' - concerns about plans for radical change in worship patterns in Cornwall . These plans, known as On The Way, have been championed by the former Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen, and the acting Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev Hugh Nelson (formerly Bishop of St Germans). The paper said today that across 287 churches in the county, 78 had no forms of Sunday worship advertised on the last weekend of September - a total of 27 per cent. Of those that did, just 114 advertised that Communion was being offered, considered by many Christians to be the most important sacrament. Responding to the data, the Rev Marcus Walker, chairman of the campaign group, Save The Parish, said: "It can come as no shock to any