Church of England Throws £100 MILLION at Slavery Reparations While Churches COLLAPSE Across Britain

Michael Ringer

Michael Ringer

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Church of England Throws £100 MILLION at Slavery Reparations While Churches COLLAPSE Across Britain
Church of England Diverts £100 Million to Slavery Reparations While Parish Churches Crumble

Conservative MPs Blast Archbishop's "Divisive Vanity Project" as Local Parishes Struggle to Survive

Plans to commit £100 million towards slavery reparations, backed by incoming Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally and the Church Commissioners, have been criticized by Conservative opponents.

A group of Conservative peers and MPs have argued that the funds were intended to be spent on supporting local parishes in the Church of England.

Conservative MP Katie Lam claimed that the plan would fall foul of Charity Commission rules that require funds to be used for the purpose for which they were first donated.

Conservative MP Katie Lam

In an open letter, she wrote: "At a moment when churches across the country are struggling to keep their doors open, many even falling into disrepair, it's wrong to try and justify diverting £100 million to a project entirely separate from those core obligations."

Archbishop Defends Reparations as "Christian Call to Repentance"

In response, the incoming Archbishop said: "The Church of England's historic links to African chattel enslavement are a serious matter," further adding that the Church Commissioners' work is "rooted in the Christian call to repentance, reconciliation and, above all, hope."

Church officials argued that the reparations plans will not affect funding for local church parishes, with a record £1.6 billion still due to be spent over the next three years.

The Church Commissioners responded to Lam's letter defending their investment approach.

"You expressed concern about the diversion of funds from the ministry of the Church of England," they wrote. "On the contrary, our investment approach has significantly augmented the funds available to the mission and ministry of the Church of England."

They added: "The £100 million commitment to a new in perpetuity fund is consistent with the Church of England's Fourth Mark of Mission: 'To transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation'."

In a final reply on X, Lam called the response "disappointing" and said the funds should be spent on local parishes instead of a "divisive vanity project."

THE CRUSADER'S OPINION

Actually fulfill the Great Commission instead of funding ideological projects.

Local believers donated to support gospel ministry, not woke reparations schemes.

The Church of England is dying because it prioritizes politics over Scripture.

Katie Lam is right. This is a divisive vanity project.

And it's accelerating the church's collapse.

TAKE ACTION

Contact Church of England Leadership:

Support Katie Lam's Position:

  • Contact your MP about Charity Commission rules
  • Parliament contact: parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord

Donate to Struggling Parishes Directly:

  • National Churches Trust: nationalchurchestrust.org
  • Supports church buildings in disrepair

Support Gospel Mission Instead:

  • Church Mission Society: cms-uk.org
  • Email: info@cms-uk.org
  • Fund actual evangelism in Africa and Caribbean

Raise Awareness:

  • Share this story with your church leadership
  • Ask hard questions about denominational giving
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