It
costs a lot of money to keep a church like St Paul’s running – over £107,000
last year. While a lot of that is spent locally on costs like lighting and
heating, cleaning and secretarial support, a large sum of money (nearly £56,000
in 2013) is given to the Church of England Diocese of Leicester each year.
In
return, the diocese pays the stipend (salary) of our vicar and his housing, trains new vicars, and
provides assistance to us with additional expertise. It also contributes to the
central running costs of the Church of England.
The
diocese of Leicester has recently made a video explaining how all this works.
To see it, click this link.
