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St. Albans Diocessan Board of Finance - Selling ag land from under Tenant (fbt)
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<blockquote data-quote="teslacoils" data-source="post: 8088568" data-attributes="member: 127792"><p>Not really. If you look at our grade 1 church, you'd see that it's really a hotch potch of additions and extensions etc made as fortunes and populations changed. The reality is that there is a strong desire in England to try and keep everything in this Victorian timewarp. The history is that the church is probably on the site of an old pagan site. </p><p></p><p>We used to have funds. Now they've all been spaffed insuring a building noone uses when they should be used for matters of faith. I can't remember if there are 8 or 10 churches in the "group parish" that really only has enough practising (aka paying) worshippers to fit in a portakabin. </p><p></p><p>And as said, there are plenty of Christians about. They just choose to worship in village halls; commercial space; people's homes because faith is more important than the building. It's no surprise that the evangelical communities in town have children's groups, multiple services; mental health and old person outreach etc. Because they're out doing what's in the Bible while the Anglicans (by and large) are spending it all maintaining buildings noone wants to use, or sending it all to the cathedral for fancy dinners, outfits etc. </p><p></p><p>It's cheaper to bus the rural faithful to the big church in town.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teslacoils, post: 8088568, member: 127792"] Not really. If you look at our grade 1 church, you'd see that it's really a hotch potch of additions and extensions etc made as fortunes and populations changed. The reality is that there is a strong desire in England to try and keep everything in this Victorian timewarp. The history is that the church is probably on the site of an old pagan site. We used to have funds. Now they've all been spaffed insuring a building noone uses when they should be used for matters of faith. I can't remember if there are 8 or 10 churches in the "group parish" that really only has enough practising (aka paying) worshippers to fit in a portakabin. And as said, there are plenty of Christians about. They just choose to worship in village halls; commercial space; people's homes because faith is more important than the building. It's no surprise that the evangelical communities in town have children's groups, multiple services; mental health and old person outreach etc. Because they're out doing what's in the Bible while the Anglicans (by and large) are spending it all maintaining buildings noone wants to use, or sending it all to the cathedral for fancy dinners, outfits etc. It's cheaper to bus the rural faithful to the big church in town. [/QUOTE]
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