More transparency needed: local press in Cornwall reports Transforming Mission controversy
This week's local press in Cornwall picks up the current controversy over Transforming Mission - in Camborne and elsewhere in Cornwall . Headline: 'Campaigners want more transparency over church project' »A MISSION to attract more worshippers to Anglican churches has become an embarrassment to the Diocese of Truro, a campaign group has claimed. Save the Parish Cornwall (StPC) levelled the accusation following a meeting at which churchgoers from around Camborne attempted to find “a constructive way” out of the controversy caused by the Transforming Mission (TM) project. The plans for TM in the Camborne area envisaged expenditure of £750,000 between 2019 and 2025. The Church Commissioners have met 60% of its costs and the diocese has contributed 40% from its reserves, but StPC says there has been a lack of transparency. TM has also been rolled out in Falmouth, St Austell, Liskeard and Highertown. The diocese has agreed to an independent review of its finances, due...