Last weekend, in an online conversation, someone highlighted to me the most recent ministry statistics, which were released in June, but seem to have gone under the radar. I certainly did not spot them, and I don't recall anyone commenting on them. They show that 47.5% of current C of E stipendiary clergy are aged 55 or over, which of course means that they will all have retired in 12 years' time. 12 years might sound like quite a long planning horizon—but at the sessions of General Synod t...| Psephizo
Tim Wyatt is an interesting and at times astute commentator on things Church of England. Ten days ago he expanded an article he had written in the New Statesman, setting out the challenges whoever will be appointed next Archbishop of Canterbury, in a much longer piece on his substack. Tim has interviewed a number of people, and thus in principle drawn on a range of opinion. He makes some important points—but my sense is that there is more to be said, and what has been said needs to be put i...| Psephizo