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<p>The Church Commissioners intend to distribute £1.2 billion between 2023 and 2025,
up 30% from £930 million in the current three-year period, to support the Church’s
mission and ministry, including through parishes across England. The core of the extra
funding will be channelled into the revitalisation of parish and local ministry and
go some way to continue enabling local parishes to serve their communities and the
whole nation. The distributions will help fund dioceses’ plans by reaching more young
and disadvantaged people, radically cutting the Church’s carbon footprint, and addressing
issues of racial justice.</p><p>During the cost of living crisis, the Church Commissioners
have worked with the Archbishops’ Council to provide £15 million for dioceses, both
rural and urban, to help churches struggling to pay energy costs. The fund will help
churches to remain as centres of worship and pastoral care and will also make a key
difference in helping churches to continue opening their buildings for vital practical
support for their communities over the winter through social action such as food banks
and warm hubs.</p><p>Funding from the Church Commissioners has helped to enable the
continued rise in the numbers of ordinands in training, who will be the parish clergy
of the future, and the most recent data from the 2020 Ministry Statistics are available
here: Ministry Statistics 2020 report . An updated document is in the process of being
compiled.</p>
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