I have just mentioned that Archbishop Justin Welby has called the tax justice today, but so he should. In 1984 the Church of England the doctor what might be best called a mission statement. It was entitled ' Five Marks of Mission'. The first three objectives might be said to relate to the work of the Church in promoting its faith but the fourth and fifth interesting, and say that:
The mission of the Church is the mission of Christ:
- To seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation
- To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth
If these are the core objectives of the Church of England then I would suggest that it has no choice but to support tax justice and a progressive taxation system both here and throughout the world.
It also has no choice but be green.
So why it is news when it actually says so?
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The simple fact of the matter is that people just don’t read anymore Richard (or don’t read as much as they did or should).
We see this in big organisations where loads of policies and strategies are written and then put on a shelf and forgotten about.
It leads to a very myopic idea amongst too many of us (whether we be priests or workers) about why we do what we do or what is the best way to do it.
People would rather be out there doing (think of the Nike slogan ‘Just Do It’) rather than thinking or reflecting.
From my experience, this is a shame because when I get colleagues to stop and reflect on what they’ve done, the outcomes of this actually improve the way we do things.
The tragedy is that we need both approaches.