{"id":31356,"date":"2024-11-09T21:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T02:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=31356"},"modified":"2024-11-09T21:48:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T02:48:43","slug":"anglican-church-of-canada-predicted-to-collapse-by-2029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canada-predicted-to-collapse-by-2029\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada predicted to collapse by 2029"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2006 the Anglican Church of Canada predicted that it was losing members so fast that it would cease to exist in 2061. By 2019 the loss had accelerated enough to move the extinction event \u00a0to 2040<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now total collapse might be as soon as 2029.<\/p>\n

The Council of General Synod met on November 8th<\/sup> 2024 to discuss its first love: money or the lack thereof. The synod treasurer lamented that money is running out so fast that they would \u201c<\/em>not be here in 2029\u201d<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

To counter this, CoGS will \u201c<\/em>make long-term financial plans\u201d. <\/em>Rather like a business, albeit an incompetent one.<\/p>\n

What it won\u2019t do, I suspect, is abandon heresy, repent and turn back to the gospel.<\/p>\n

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

\"\"Attia\u2019s spoke to CoGS on the first day of its fall meeting, which runs Nov. 8-Nov. 10. Much of the day\u2019s conversation was about money, as well as the shape the church\u2019s future governance structures will take as it finds itself, as Archbishop Anne Germond, acting primate of the Anglican Church of Canada said in her opening remarks, \u201cat a crossroads.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is difficult to make projections about what future years will look like based on existing trends, Attia told CoGS, as those decisions will depend on uncertain factors like investment income and parish donations from which dioceses draw their contributions to General Synod as well as uncertain outcomes of decisions already made, such as the plan to share office space with the United and Presbyterian churches. But the general trend in revenue is negative, she said. The church\u2019s average annual revenue from diocesan proportional giving shrank by about $2 million dollars between 2018 and 2024 according to numbers she presented, while inflation has raised costs across the board.<\/p>\n

Revenue, she said, is declining $200,000 to $250,000 per year, and if she were to provide forecasts based on this and estimated expenses for 2026 through 2029, she would be \u201cpainting a gloomy, gloomy picture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI [would be] basically telling you guys we would not be here in 2029,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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