CofE

Vicar calls on CofE to SHUT ‘virtually empty’ churches and make them into housing

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Churches with small congregations could be sold off and converted into free and affordable housing with services held on Zoom, a reforming reverend has suggested. Up to 12,000 places of worship across England are said to be little more than ‘museums gathering dust’ with less than 30 people attending. Most are prohibitively expensive to maintain … Read more

Shutdown of churches and ban on weddings during Covid crisis has cost CofE ‘£150MILLION’

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Shutdown of churches and ban on weddings during Covid crisis has cost CofE ‘£150MILLION’ and could trigger a cull of parishes Sources suggest Church of England lost £150m in donations during Covid crisis  Money-saving reforms could include cutting number of bishops to less than ten Parish boundaries could be redrawn to reduce the number from … Read more