Church of England must pay for its churches in poor areas: Church Times opinion piece
In today's Church Times ...an article by freelance journalist Adam Spiers is well worth a read. He opens: "THE Sunday before last, church felt pointless. I woke up and checked for news from the Synod: first, a motion concerning justice for Palestinians wasn’t even selected for debate. Then the General Synod voted against redistributing one per cent of the Church Commissioners’ wealth to diocesan stipend funds, instead amending the motion to debate funding later ( News, 18 July ). It is hard not to see this as the sensible adults, who also happen to control all the money, telling poorer churches to die quietly." Click here to read the full piece.