The Ecclesiological Society

Additional information about the future of churches

Slides from talk by Trevor Cooper at York on 10 November 2005, on the subject of Rural churches: the wider view.

Here is a page of additional material Last update 1 January 2006

Recent additions arethe review of the situation in Brighton and Hove, and the review carried out by the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipsiwch.

There was a useful debate in the House of Lords (click and scroll down) on the subject in November 2004, in which the Society's book, How do we keep our parish churches?, got favourable mention.

A number of news stories on the issue appeared in early 2005. Last update June 2005


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