译稿：圣公会陷入全球金融危机

Anglican church caught up in global financial crisis

圣公会陷入全球金融危机

The Anglican Church in Melbourne says it might be forced to cut staff or close ministries because of a $1-million budget shortfall.

墨尔本的圣公会称其可能会因为一百万美元预算的赤字而被迫裁员或结束牧师的任职。

The church is facing a $1-million deficit in the first six months of next year, and there are fears it could blow out to well over $2-million by the end of 2009.

圣公会在明年头六个月里将正面临一百万美元的赤字，并且担心到 2009 年底，这一数字可能会暴涨到二百万美元。

Church registrar, Kevin Spackman said the global financial crisis is partly to blame, because the church relies on investment income.

教会登记员 Kevin Spackman 说全球金融危机是造成这种状况的部分原因，因为教会主要依靠投资收入来维持。

"The global financial crisis is obviously starting to have an impact on a lot of not for profit organisations and agencies, and the Anglican church in Melbourne and Geelong, we've been caught up in that," he said.

他说，“很明显，全球金融危机已经开始对许多非赢利组织和机构以及墨尔本和季隆（Geelong）的圣公会造成了影响，我们已被卷入其中。”

He said there could be cutbacks after the church performs a review.

他说在教会经过一次评估之后可能会裁减人员和预算。

"In the current economic environment, you know, there's actually increased demand for a lot of those services and the support that we provide the community."

“在当前的经济环境下，您知道的，实际上人们对于我们向社区提供许多此类服务和支持的需求在不断上升。”

"We will be looking at all of the services that we provide and the way that we provide them and trying to balance the need for us to be fiscally responsible with the needs of the community and how we balance those."

“我们将审视所提供的这些服务以及提供的方式，并试图在我们做到财务上负责任的要求与社区的需求及如何平衡这些需求之间达到平衡。

原文链接：

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/13/2389523.htm