DUNEDIN, NZ: Anglican diocese near 'collapse'
DUNEDIN, NZ: Anglican diocese near 'collapse'
By Ellie Constantine
Otago Daily News
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/212876/diocese-near-collapse
June 12, 2012
The Anglican Diocese of Dunedin is "two years out from a crisis" and must restructure to become sustainable, its Bishop, the Rt Rev Dr Kelvin Wright, says.
He informed ministry units and clergy about the situation by letter late last month, before posting it on his blog on Friday.
"For many years, the diocese has been in decline on any parameter that could be named ... attendances, numbers of families served and the real level of giving have all been steadily dropping over the years to the point where several of our parishes are on the very edge of ceasing to exist altogether," he said in the letter.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By Ellie Constantine
Otago Daily News
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/212876/diocese-near-collapse
June 12, 2012
The Anglican Diocese of Dunedin is "two years out from a crisis" and must restructure to become sustainable, its Bishop, the Rt Rev Dr Kelvin Wright, says.
He informed ministry units and clergy about the situation by letter late last month, before posting it on his blog on Friday.
"For many years, the diocese has been in decline on any parameter that could be named ... attendances, numbers of families served and the real level of giving have all been steadily dropping over the years to the point where several of our parishes are on the very edge of ceasing to exist altogether," he said in the letter.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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