{"id":29940,"date":"2023-04-05T23:06:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=29940"},"modified":"2023-04-05T23:06:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:06:04","slug":"anglican-mammon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-mammon\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican mammon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Some years ago I attended what was supposed to be an ecclesiastical pep talk by the then primate, Fred Hiltz. As I listened to him with drooping eyelids, it occurred to me that his delivery, reminiscent of Marvin the Robot<\/a>, was not amenable to inspiring enthusiasm in others. Eventually, though, the archbishop\u2019s eyes lit up, the voice became almost animated, the arms began gesticulating with excitement. \u201cThis is better\u201d, I thought, we are about to hear that revival has broken out against all the odds. Perhaps someone had come back from the dead after prayer.<\/p>\n

Alas, no. Someone had donated $160,000 to the church.<\/p>\n

Nothing inspires activity and passion in the ACoC so much as the prospect of acquiring or losing money. Hence, with a looming $1.6 million deficit, Archbishop Linda Nicholls has appointed a committee to find radical solutions<\/em> for accumulating more lovely cash.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A draft 2022 financial statement initially shared with CoGS, intended to be presented by the financial management committee, shows General Synod with a $1.6-million excess of expenses over revenues. Meanwhile, Nicholls said, statistics show the church\u2019s membership is aging and declining. Cultural shifts in Canadian society and a newly redefined relationship with the Indigenous church, she said, also demand new ideas.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery organization needs to ask itself periodically whether the framework for the life of the institution is helping or possibly hindering its professed mission,\u201d she said. The new committee would therefore be tasked with bringing recommendations to CoGS and to General Synod in 2025 to address these needs. Nicholls said it would be composed of theologians, bishops, clergy and laypeople \u201cwith a mandate to listen well and offer creative, lifegiving solutions\u2014even radical solutions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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