Anglican/Church of England
Anglicans are a big denomination spread all over the world, from places like Africa to Wales. The Church of England plays a vital role in the teaching the nation, proclaiming the Christian gospel in words and actions and providing services of Christian worship and praise. The Church of England is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion
Its network of parishes cover the country, bringing a Christian worship to the nation as well as strengthening in urban, suburban and rural areas. Every year, around 12.5 million people visit Church of England cathedrals, including 300,000 pupils on school visits. Three of England's top five historic 'visitor attractions' are York Minster, Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.
All the denominations show have many similarities and differences. Some similarities are; they donate money to charity, they help the poor and organize charity events to raise money for themselves i.e. the church and other good causes. All of them see money as a vital resource and do the following things with it as well as donate it to charity:
- Church tithe – Giving a specific amount of income/earnings to charity ( (e.g. 10% of all money earned) Only sometimes)
- Ministers salaries and houses
- Maintenance and repair of church building and property
- Youth events and giving to those who are needy or anything else they feel if a worthy cause.
The Denominations are different in many ways as well as similar. The Orthodox Church is very traditional and like ‘old’ practices, Protestants are more involved in the modern world when it comes to worship. Like Church of England they use things like electric organs and have huge concerts to raise money for charity. The money they make from this goes to charity and the musicians who perform, though some of them are volunteers and do it for free. All are very charitable, but try and keep as much as they can so they can make improvements to their churches and buildings are a good example.
The Church of England makes the connection between its teachings and the way they use their money by preaching to people about money. Usually it’s a good thing but it can get the better of you. As the saying goes “money is the route of all evil” They try and encourage people to give to the church of charities, they help to encourage this by saying it will make you feel much better about yourself.
The bible teaches lots of things, it is very informative and helps people understand what the perfect role model is like.
