AN innovative video showing churchgoers what happens to the money they put on the collection plate is launched on Saturday in the Anglican diocese of Ripon and Leeds.
Delegates at a synod meeting in Harrogate will be given the first public showing of Shareholders in Mission, an in-house production which aims to encourage giving and dispel misunderstandings about the "parish share" paid by churches to the diocese.
However, copies of the 22-minute film will also be distributed to each of the 160 parishes which make up diocese covering Leeds and the central third of North Yorkshire.
"There remains much misunderstanding of the purpose of parish share and how it works," said Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, John Packer.
"The title for the project has been chosen to emphasise that everyone who gives money through the church is investing, not just in the work of their own parishes, but in ministry and mission throughout the diocese."
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