Archbishop of York says parish system plans are about revitalising the Church
by Julian Mann, Christian Today:
The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has hit back at claims that he and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, are seeking to undermine the Church of England’s parish system.
In a debate on the last day of the July General Synod on Monday, Archbishop Cottrell commended a Vision and Strategy report setting out the Archbishops’ aim for the Church to become “younger and more diverse”, and “simpler, humbler, and bolder”.
“At the centre of this and as the means whereby we will serve and reach our nation is a parish system revitalised for mission. I’m dismayed that anyone would think that this work – work, by the way, that is still work in progress – is aimed at anything else,” he said.
The four-day online Synod meeting was overshadowed by media reports of a recent speech by Canon John McGinley, leader of the ‘Myriad’ church-planting initiative, which is supported by the Bishop of Islington, Ric Thorpe, who has a national church planting brief for the CofE.
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