Archbishop warns of Adelaide church issues

SEVERAL Anglican Church congregations in Adelaide face rapid collapse over the next few years, Archbishop Jeffrey Driver says.

The archbishop has told the Anglican synod in Adelaide that 40 parishes are either "fragile" or "really struggling" because of falling numbers.

"The trajectory and demography of many of those parishes tells me that in five years' time, or even less, a number of those communities of faith will be at a point from which recovery will be difficult," he said in his address on Friday.

"The demography of many of our congregations suggests not so much a gradual decline as a rather rapid collapse over just a few years."

Archbishop Driver said the fall in membership would also affect incomes, diminishing the ability of the church to conduct mission work.

"Even now, the diocese has very limited funds or capacities to subsidise struggling parishes," he said.

"Local options for extra funding through commercial arrangements are limited and precarious."

Archbishop Driver said he did not want to suggest he had lost all hope.

"As a diocese we do not have the large resource base and spread of parishes enjoyed by other metropolitan dioceses," he said.

"But we do have an ability to become more pioneering and innovative where our smaller economies of scale allow for greater versatility."

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