the CofE makes more money than McDonald's
Nov. 13th, 2015 01:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marnanelThe Daily Mail is running a story saying that the Church of England makes more money than Starbucks or McDonald's. Even beyond the obvious point that Starbucks and McD's are run for the profit of shareholders, this is pretty silly.
If you don't think churches should exist at all, obviously you're going to think the CofE is handling too much money. Apart from that, though, it's pretty obvious that a large organisation with a lot of expenditure is also going to need a lot of income. The CofE is huge, and puts a lot of money into a lot of things.
It's fair enough to say that this or that expenditure is too high-- the accounts are all public, so this isn't difficult to do. But saying "aha, the CofE claims to be a Christian organisation but has more income than McDonald's" is inane.
Not linking to the article, because the Daily Mail.
If you don't think churches should exist at all, obviously you're going to think the CofE is handling too much money. Apart from that, though, it's pretty obvious that a large organisation with a lot of expenditure is also going to need a lot of income. The CofE is huge, and puts a lot of money into a lot of things.
It's fair enough to say that this or that expenditure is too high-- the accounts are all public, so this isn't difficult to do. But saying "aha, the CofE claims to be a Christian organisation but has more income than McDonald's" is inane.
Not linking to the article, because the Daily Mail.
