Important General Synod motion - please email our Truro reps to ask for support
An important message from Save The Parish founder Marcus Walker: We need your help. The General Synod is about to meet and there is one item on the agenda (first thing on Saturday) which could transform the finances of the Church of England and its parishes and I would like to ask you to write to all of those who represent you on General Synod and ask them to support this - the bishops, the clergy, and the laity. We have six General Synod reps from the Diocese of Truro - please do email them. Their names are listed here https://trurodiocese.org.uk/ resources/policy-governance/ general - synod /gsreps/ Let me explain the situation. Back in 1997 the Church Commissioners faced potential insolvency with £3.48 billion assets against £2.2billion pension liabilities. The settlement transferred future clergy pension obligations to dioceses via the Church of England Funded Pension Scheme. In short the parishes (and dioceses) bailed out the Church Commissioners a...