Save The Parish - Cornwall

We hand delivered our report ' Don't Turn Off The Lights, Bishops' to Lambeth Palace yesterday and recorded a video message for Archbishop Justin Welby. Click here for the message. Text of the letter is below - or click here to read.   20 December 2023 Dear Archbishop Welby Today we are hand delivering a report from Save The Parish Cornwall, calling for a moratorium on damaging and unpopular ‘On The Way’ plans. The report speaks for itself: it presents the testimonies of dozens of people across Cornwall who fear the changes are damaging and have little chance of success. Please listen to these people: people who want priests in parishes – not ‘oversight ministers’ and bureaucrats. Please consider the possibility that the Church Commissioners’ millions might be spent more usefully on vicars, not elaborate schemes for lay workers and mega benefices. The plans, micro-managed at every stage by the Bishop of St Germans, are being pushed through after minimal ...