I'm going to try a slightly different mix, posting items of more general interest (though probably still largely Church of England focused) as well as items specific to St Hilda's Church.
There's a wind beginning to blow through the C of E and I for one think it's a good thing. But, as always, it will be the detail that's critical an, at the moment, the detail is missing.
Under the suspicious heading of 'Reform and Renewal' there are two tests we know about:
- is the church able to pay it's ministerial costs?
- is the church growing?
For any other organization these might seem perfectly reasonable tests. For the C of E they suggest the beginning of a change of culture which
On the other hand, rhetoric, anxieties and hopes are always greater than reality. We will only know how much has changed, and what it cost (in the broadest sense) long after it's too late to do anything about it.
In the meantime St Hilda's is looking forward to celebrating it's first half century - in the hope and expectation of moving forwards into its second half century with optimistic faith and faithful optimism.
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