Church of England announces plans to spend $2.1 billion over three years to support local churches, clergy
[Church of England] The Church of England on June 9 unveiled plans to invest more than $2.1 billion toward sharing the good news of Jesus Christ and serving local communities over the next three years – a 36% in the national funding made available in 2022 for the current three-year period.
The distributions from the Church Commissioners, which manages the church’s national endowment fund, will support a major package of measures for clergy well-being and a focus on supporting parishes in the lowest income communities in the country, as well as other key priorities including safeguarding and help for victims of institutional sexual abuse.
The majority of the work of the Church of England across the country is paid for through the generosity and giving of those in local congregations – a critical partnership with many faithful people, which is the bedrock of the church’s finances.
On top of that, the Commissioners’ funding for the work of the church, distributed through the Archbishops’ Council, is set to increase by more than $580 million between 2026 and 2028 above the previous three-year period, or triennium, which was itself up 30% from the period before.
Overall, the Church Commissioners and Archbishops’ Council have set indicative distributions of $6.2 billion in support of the work of the church over nine years to support the church’s vision and strategy to enable the flourishing of parishes and worshipping communities across the whole country and help the church tobecome younger, more diverse,and safer.
Details of how the funding will be divided is available in the full article here.
