ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with three interrelated financial problems that have implications for the provision of pastoral and priestly ministry: the lack of money at national, diocesan and parochial levels. It argues that the Church of England has yet to adapt to the emergent paradigm in which it finds itself; one in which a comprehensive national ministry is funded by congregations rather than its parishes. The chapter suggests that the Church of England needs to find more flexible ways of building financial partnerships with local congregations and parishes, in order to enable the mission of the church locally and nationally. It also suggests that a reasonable goal to strive towards would be the radical shrinkage of the parish quota system and diocesan infrastructure. For the clergy, although minimum standards would need to be maintained, the effect of adopting pay differentials would be to create a richer diversity of possibility within the Church of England.
