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Anglican Church could soon turn over some of its acreage

by Anesta Henry
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The Anglican Church is exploring the option of renting out some of its vacant lands across the island.

Anglican Bishop The Reverend, Dr Michael Maxwell, told Barbados TODAY that the church’s trustees who are responsible for the Diocese’s properties, are discussing the possibility of making lands available for farming. If the proposal materialises, it would provide much needed funds for the church and at the same time, provide acreage for expanding the island’s food growing options.

“In terms of stewardship, utilising our properties and our lands to again not just benefit us financially, because of course we had a serious financial crisis because of the hit from COVID, we are going to hopefully use our resources to not only assist us financially but also to respond to some of the plights that we see as well within our society.

“I can’t say how much land will be made available because we don’t have a property manager to actually go and scale up as to how much available land we do have. But that is something that I believe I will ask the trustees to really try to get a handle on so that we will know how best we can assist the nation in this area,” he said.

Acknowledging that he was unable to provide more details at this time, Bishop Maxwell said the proposal to lease the properties to farmers is an income-earning opportunity for the local Diocese which is still reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. It would also give the church the opportunity to be a partner in Barbados’ drive towards food security.

Additionally, Bishop Maxwell said the Diocese has already entered partnerships with private stakeholders to execute photovoltaic projects to help the country become less dependent on fossil fuels.

In May this year, the Anglican Church broke ground at the St Andrew’s Church to launch a multi-million-dollar photovoltaic system that the church says will be one of its major generators of income to offset a decline in “traditional monetary giving” across the Diocese.

While the largest installation is at the St Andrew Parish Church, the Diocese is expected to construct photovoltaic systems at four other sites.

“We are taking it very seriously in terms of how we as a church can become more relevant to the life of our people. We are hoping that that as well will enable us to have a greater voice in terms of nurturing our people as to the way of life that God is calling all of us to live,” he said.

anestahenry@barbadostoday.bb

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