[Anglican Communion News Service] The Church of England has announced grants of £24.4 million ($33 million) in the latest [portion] of its Renewal and Reform program funding. The money is being provided by the Church’s strategic investment board, which was created as part of a change in the way national funding from the church commissioners is provided to diocese and parishes. Previously, the commissioners provided support to dioceses on the basis of a national formula. But after a review looking into resourcing the future of the Church, the Archbishops’ Council and the House of Bishops agreed instead that all of the national funding should be distributed for investment in the spiritual and numerical growth of the Church.

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