Wesley College,
Bristol: Some Questions
1. To whom is the Connexional Team planning to
sell the college,its extensive grounds and additional properties - and
will Conference be informed ?
2. How much capital will be realized for the
Methodist Church from this sale? £10-11million is a sum which has sbeen
mentioned. But now there are rumours that the Church will actually lose money
over this - or receive as little as £2m. Again, will Conference be
informed?
3. What is happening to the College Library? The
impression is being given that the Connexional Team doesn't know what to do
with it. If it goes into storage, for how long will that be, at what cost and
for what purpose? Can Conference be assured that the library will remain the
property of the British Methodist Church, especially if Wesley House is to close?
Methodist Church House:
A Question
How much is this property worth?
Presumably, its trust deeds could be changed to make proceeds of sale available
to the Church?
Would not this solve some of our major funding
problems? Again, could Conference be informed that 'all options are on the
table' - or, if they are not, why not?
The Two Proposed
Connexional Centres: Two Further Questions
1. If Cliff College does not embrace the
theological diversity of the whole Methodist Church, how could we avoid
thetheological polarization which would almost inevitably ensue, as
Queen's is dubbed the 'liberal' centre?
2. And how certain is the future of Queen's? The
Methodist memory cannot but recall the sad fate of Lincoln Theological College,
the abrupt closure of which was never discussed with the Methodist Church
despite the presence there of Methodist ordinands.
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