Economic Effects of Covid 19
There has, inevitably, been much comment on the economic effects of the Covid 19 virus on various sectors of the economy – business, trade, tourism, hospitality, sport, leisure and the arts. However, little has been said about the economic effects on the Church with most ecclesiastical converse concentrated on welcoming the re-opening of places of worship and debating the potential size of congregations permitted under the new restrictions. But the Church has not been immune to the economic downturn – far from it.
Summer is traditionally the time for parish fetes, sales of work, barbecues, recitals by…
