Save the Parish

Campaign to reset the trajectory of the CofE & put the Parish at its heart ⛪ | enquiries: [email protected]

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Churches closing. Clergy cut. Parishes merged.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

The future of the Church of England lies where it always has: in the local parish, with a priest who knows their people.

Read our manifesto. Stand for General Synod.

Together, let’s #SaveTheParish

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He set out the origins of our campaign and the importance of fostering a joyful, serious church with well-supported clergy to spread the Gospel to all communities.

If you are a General Synod voter, you can find your local Save the Parish candidate here: https://t.co/tAsTa5yHDZ

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General Synod election voting opens on Monday 🚨

Our Chairman, the Rev’d. @WalkerMarcus, was interviewed for the most recent episode of the Church Times Podcast. 👇

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This week on our podcast, Stephen Cherry sat down with @WalkerMarcus to discuss the Save the Parish campaign. Tune in now to learn more about the thinking behind the campaign.

Out now on our website or on your favourite podcast platform.
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[Father Oliver Coss @purgstallheath]

"...so many of the answers to our problems...come down to a loss of a sense of the importance of having time to love one another."

A dagger to the Sacred Heart, and a mortal wound to a church so consumed with doing that it cannot remember how to be.

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@WalkerMarcus Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay closes a fruitful and open discussion to launch our report, thanking all attendees.

You can read the full report here: https://t.co/r9CPGcSk3d

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We’re launching our new report on addressing the crisis in frontline ministry.

It follows a consultation with national church officials, theologians, bishops, archdeacons, DDOs, and the unions.

It warns that we risk leaving the poorest communities without priestly care.

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@WalkerMarcus The Bishop of Coventry Rt. Revd. Sophie Jelley raises that we should welcome and support the flourishing of both lay and clergy ministry to ensure that we can continue the mission of God.

[Andrew Downes @devicesadesires]

There is enormous wisdom and common sense aplenty in this much welcomed document. It has always baffled me why a hugely experienced and much-loved parish Vicar or Rector at the height of her or his pastoral and liturgical game is shuffled off when they hit 70?

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"This report isn’t the answer to everything, but it has got all the right people into the room to start working out how we can use the money, talent, passion, and grace we have been gifted to revive the spirit of the priesthood in the Church of England.”

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[Save the Parish @SaveTheParish]

The vicar is becoming an endangered species. 🚨

Today we launch a landmark report, following a consultation with national church officials, theologians, bishops, archdeacons, DDOs, and the unions.

It warns that we risk leaving the poorest communities without priestly care.

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💬 Save the Parish Chair, the Reverend @WalkerMarcus, said:

“If clergy are loving their job, they will be the greatest recruitment sergeant for new priests the Church has ever known. A joyful, hopeful clergy lifts parishes, people, and vocations like nothing else.

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