Rev. Marcus Walker: clergy eased out, costly managers recruited

Parishes are struggling to find a vicar but £40,000 jobs are going to ‘mission enablers’.  Marcus Walker, a rector in London, says that a “multiplication of bureaucracy” is not a solution to the church’s problems

The Times reports that a church volunteer, who asked not to be named, heard that the Church of England intended to “prune” the clergy and recruit middle managers with elaborate titles and salaries of more than £50,000 to do some heavenly thinking. Marcus Walker commented: “You’ve … got to be on another planet if you think the answer to a crisis of faith is a multiplication of bureaucracy”.

 

 

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