Is the C of E going broke in the pandemic?

Will the Church of England go broke in the pandemic? The question seems absurd: apart from the incalculable worth represented by cathedrals, the Church Commissioners have £8.5bn in assets and another £2.5bn tucked away in a pension fund. Nonetheless, the church on the ground is facing an existential crisis. Churches will shut, clergy posts will be lost, and its income diminished, possibly for ever.

Andrew Brown. Religion Media Centre. 2 May 2020

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