Communion by Extension and Kerrier pastoral reorganisation
"The poet and artist David Jones was converted to faith by peering through a hole in the wall of a semi-derelict barn, while out collecting firewood as a soldier at the western front. Through that aperture he saw the eucharist being celebrated and was transfixed by its beauty and realism. It spoke powerfully to the carnage with which he found himself surrounded. The eucharist can speak still, and transform lives, but we need to enact its full narrative if it is to have its transformative power." Alison Milbank The new Bishop of Truro, the Rt Rev David Williams, has just authorised the publication of a draft pastoral scheme for the creation of a giant benefice in Kerrier, uniting 16 parishes and 23 churches. Click here to read the papers. The plans - set out in Kerrier Deanery's On The Way plan - has attracted widespread attention and controversy for many reasons. Amongst them is its advocacy of Communion by Extension. This article by Save The Parish's co-founder...