Christian Stewardship

In November 1970, the Chairman of the Finance Committee of a Parish in the Diocese of St. Albans reported that that the estimates for the coming year showed disturbing features.  He warned that the P.C.C. would have to consider urgently whether:-

• some item in parish expenditure will have to be cut

• the proportion of income given outside the parish should be decreased

• other measures can be taken.

The outcome of this warning was that in November 1972 a two-week Stewardship Conference was held in which many members of the Parish and of the Diocese gave their time and talents to make it a success.

No doubt the same situation has arisen over the decades in numerous Parishes up and down the country and is again, at the present time, causing much concern.

Some of the features of the 1972 Stewardship Conference, and especially the written material, may be of help to Parishes in the present circumstances.  With this in mind, it is intended to publish information on the Conference on this website.

The first such 'offering' is the Stewardship Manual, a series of five papers written by members of the Parish together with a paper derived from the Diocese:-

Stewardship Manual