Archive: Oct 8, 2012, 12:00 AM
Will Cuts Save Us?
There’s very little in Scotland today that’s not in decline. Newspaper sales keep falling, attendances at football matches keep falling, the membership of political parties keeps falling, the turn-out on election-days keeps falling and the number of people in full-time employment keeps falling.
The churches are no exception. The numbers attending services, the numbers going in for the ministry and, above all, the finances, are in decline.