No churchwardens and vacant PCC posts: an investigation into the church volunteering crisis

Posted on March 17, 2024 
Filed under Church of England

“The recent Church Buildings Commission survey in the diocese of Norwich discovered that about 100 churches had no recorded churchwardens. In one rural benefice, there were 19 churches, placing ‘great pressure’ on the incumbent, who had three churches with no PCC members, leaving her with sole responsibility for them.

The Church Times wrote to every diocese last month in an attempt to quantify the extent of the recruitment challenge. …”

– Anglican Mainstream links to an article in Church Times highlighting a[nother] challenge for the Church of England, and especially for smaller churches.

Update:

See also ‘In this age of bloated bureaucracy, pity the poor churchwarden’ by Julian Mann.