£11.6 Billion Church Fund While Parishes Face COLLAPSE | Marcus Walker on Save the Parish

The Church of England is sitting on an £11.6 billion endowment — yet parish churches are being closed, merged, and left without clergy or cash. In this hard-hitting episode, Jamie Franklin interviews the Rev. Marcus Walker, rector of St Bartholomew the Great in the City of London and one of the key voices behind the Save the Parish movement. They dig into: 🔥 The extraordinary growth at St Bartholomew’s (from ~50 to 250+) and why young adults are flocking to traditional high-church worship 💰 How historic parish money has been redirected while poorer churches struggle ⛪ The controversial push for 10,000 new lay-led church plants 📖 The Quiet Revival, the King James Bible, beauty, and why “relevance” often means the opposite of what people actually want ⚔️ What ordinary Anglicans can do to fight back This is one of the most important conversations about the future of the Church of England right now. Get involved: 🔥 Join Save the Parish → https://www.savetheparish.com/join/ 🔥 Stand for General Synod → https://www.savetheparish.com/general-synod-manifesto-2026/# Support the show: 🔥 Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/irreverend 🔥 Substack → https://www.patreon.com/c/irreverend 📧 Donate → irreverendpod@gmail.com Please subscribe, leave a 5-star rating, and share if this episode hit home. Support the show