Church Faces Financial Ruin Over Slavery Reparations, Report Warns
23rd October 2026
The Church of England is “heading for financial disaster” because of net-zero targets and slavery reparations, a report has warned.
Academics believe “significant costs” from “extravagant” social-justice projects are contributing to the Church’s financial malaise, with 37 of its 42 dioceses operating with budget deficits.
Most people shoot themselves in the foot. These guys decided to go for the kneecap.
The Church has been told to slash bureaucracy, make parishes its “first priority” and cut the number of diocesan bishops by almost a third to give “deeply dispirited” parishioners and clergy hope for the future.
The report, written by Canon Robin Gill and Prof John Craven, says the “crisis” of declining attendance, donations and ordinations can be halted only through “ruthless” reforms. It cites net zero and Project Spire as “costly” initiatives viewed by churchgoers as “unrealistic, extravagant, unsustainable and deeply depressing”.
Perhaps they ought to try returning to Christianity. Just sayin’….