{"id":145586,"date":"2026-06-02T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=145586"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:58:44","slug":"church-times-dignity-of-retired-clergy-demands-a-transformed-mindset-among-churchs-leaders-review-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=145586","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Dignity of retired clergy demands a\u00a0\u2018transformed mindset\u2019 among Church\u2019s\u00a0leaders, review hears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The dignity of retired clergy demands a \u201ctransformed mindset\u201d among the Church\u2019s leaders, the Retired Clergy Association has told the Clergy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/retirement\">Retirement<\/a>\u00a0Dignity and Fairness Review (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/1-may\/news\/uk\/review-into-clergy-retirement-conditions-launches-with-call-for-evidence\">News, 1 May<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn increase in pensions or the lump sum will not compensate for disparaging our members, nor is it likely to be achieved without a transformed mindset that accords them a dignified value,\u201d the eight-page submission stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While drawing attention to the financial precariousness of some retired clergy \u2014 some of whom spend more than two-thirds or more of their income on church retirement&nbsp;<a>housing<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 it raised concerns about wider attitudes to its members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/29-may\/news\/uk\/dignity-of-retired-clergy-demands-a-transformed-mindset-among-church-s-leaders-review-hears\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Retired Clergy Association tells fairness &amp; dignity review that many dioceses depended on retired clergy to cover weekly services and calls for a &quot;transformed mindset&quot; in the Church in terms of how they are treated <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PvJgnEnmRO\">https:\/\/t.co\/PvJgnEnmRO<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Madeleine Davies (@MadsDavies) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MadsDavies\/status\/2061086064115114359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dignity of retired clergy demands a \u201ctransformed mindset\u201d among the Church\u2019s leaders, the Retired Clergy Association has told the Clergy\u00a0Retirement\u00a0Dignity and Fairness Review (News, 1 May). \u201cAn increase in pensions or the lump sum will not compensate for disparaging<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=145586\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,389,435,184,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging-the-elderly","category-church-of-england-coe","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-parish-ministry","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145586"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145590,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145586\/revisions\/145590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}