Date: 2023-08-21 10:13 am (UTC)
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St Giles Cathedral says it has 314 seats as a music venue - but there is plenty of space not occupied by seats. St George and St Andrews on George Street has a capacity of 250. So 300 seems like it would fill a large church.

Say a Church of Scotland minister costs £40k a year, then each of the 300 people in the congregation need to be chipping in about £150 a year just for staffing one minister.

I suppose the sustainability depends on how much of an endowment the church has. If I'm reading the latest accounts correctly they have about £50m in income from investments.

Date: 2023-08-21 10:25 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] danieldwilliam
70 feels like about 3 times as many as my very crude calculations suggest would be more sustainable.

You and I should join.

Date: 2023-08-21 10:53 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] danieldwilliam
There's a question about what happens to the funds under management when the church shrinks. The Church of Scotland might have a billion quid invested plus lots of property.

Date: 2023-08-21 03:29 pm (UTC)
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I could get right behind Christianity if I thought I was going to be the Last Christian Standing.

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