The Once and Future Cornish Church
A Save The Parish Cornwall supporter gives his highly personal point of view on what the future might hold for the Church of England in Cornwall It is hard to fathom why the Diocese of Truro is so intent on amalgamating parishes, reducing clergy numbers and investing in 'oversight management'. Wherever this has been tried it hasn't worked. Wigan, an early forerunner, has been a disaster, the Super Parishes in Wales have been anything but 'super' and parallel initiatives around England are visibly deflating as congregations depart and the collection declines. The whole thing is baffling, there is no financial reason for any of this so we can only conclude that the CofE has either been captured by some sort of outmoded 20th century management theory or is mesmerised by a fantastical vision of the future based on urban mega churches and has little interest in anything beyond the urban pale. Indeed both of these this things could be true. Either way the diocese h...