The Parish Share, raised by our church congregations, will account for around 65% of the money the Diocese receives to fund the core budget in 2025. This assumes we receive 80% of the share requested. Taken together, the Parish Share, Fees, Glebe and other investment income means that we can support, house and train our clergy.
But the money goes beyond simply maintaining the status quo. It means we can be a generous, self-sustaining and growing community of Christians – one that’s capable of funding the level of change required for the future Church together with many new ministry and mission projects each year.
The Parish Share is the amount of money that each parish is asked to contribute to support the cost of provision of mission and ministry of the Church in the Diocese and beyond. It’s the responsibility of us all, an essential part of our discipleship and how our clergy are funded.
We are in the process of reviewing the parish share system with changes planned for implementation in 2026. The review will be undertaken in 2025 and stakeholders will be consulted.
For more information please see our Parish Share Explained document.