journeying together
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Journeying
Together
THE WIDER WORLD
A VISIBLE PRESENCE
FAITH AND VALUES
WORSHIP
• Resourced for Mission and Ministry
• Clear local targets
• Support and equip leaders
• Structures fit for purpose
• Financially healthy
Who is this Journey it for?Everyone in our parishes and
communitiesWhat next?• Read, reflect, pray;
• Have a PCC discussion;
• Mission Planning and budget;
• Use Diocesan Support
A Journey Together
sharing the
transforming Gospel of
Jesus Christ in and
around Gloucestershire
Tonight we focus on…• Resourced for Mission and Ministry
• Clear local targets
• Support and equip leaders
• Structures fit for purpose
• Financially healthy
• Resourced for Mission and Ministry
• Clear local targets
• Support and equip leaders
• Structures fit for purpose
• Financially healthy
Tonight we focus on…
Effective Ministry in Every Parish
Current patterns of ministry:
131 stipendiary clergy96 self-supporting clergy
184 active readers50 local ministry teamsNumerous retired clergy
Current patterns of ministry:
youth workers, children’s ministry
music groups and choirspastoral visiting teams
baptism preparation teamsworship leaders and so much
more…
Changing Patterns of Ministry
How many multi-parish benefices are there?
Churches per Number of such multi-parishbenefice benefices in the diocese1 222 153 204 115 126 87 38+ 9
A growing population:
Predicted population growth 2013-2033 by council district
Gloucester 28.9% Stroud 9.3%Tewkesbury 11.2% Cotswold 6.2%Cheltenham 10.4% Forest 5.7%
How do we sustain the parish as a basic unit of mission and ministry?
How do we sustain the parish as a basic unit of mission and
ministry?
• Grow a Christian presence in every community
• Continue to grow the ministry of all• Enable incumbents to provide strategic
leadership and oversight• Develop the role of ‘local ministers’ as a
focus for the life of the local church
What is the role of a ‘local minister’?
Working in collaboration with the incumbent and with local teams, a local minister will be:•A recognised focus for the life of the local church•An enabler of the whole church’s engagement with the wider community•Commissioned by the bishop
What qualities would a local minister have?
Local ministers will be:• People of prayer• Encouragers of others• Community gatherers• Mission-minded
Who might be a local minister?
• A self-supporting priest or deacon, or someone offering for this ministry
• A Reader, or someone offering for Reader ministry
• A retired priest• Lay people with a vocation to be the
recognised local minister in their community – maybe a church warden
• A pioneer minister
What support will be given?
• Work with benefices in identifying ministry needs and opportunities
• Training for incumbents and local ministers adapted to local needs
• Support for nurturing gifts and vocations in the life of the whole church
What are the next steps?
• PCCs commit to the Effective Ministry vision
• Review current patterns of mission and ministry
• Identify needs and the support required
• Implement and review
Effective Ministry in Every Parish
Working together to renew the mission and ministry of the local
church
Why is the Church
no longer free?
Over the past 50 years funding parish clergy has changed completely:
1960s 2010s
This is the experience at parish level:
£20k
1960s
2010s
Paid by Church Commissioners
£40k
Around a ten fold increase!
How much does a vicar cost?
Answer 1: “Direct cost” £43k
£20k £40k
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Stipend NIC Pension Grants etc Housing
Answer 2: “Apportioned cost” £56k
£40k
Direct cost: £43K Curates: £10K
Diocesan: £11K£7K
Tra
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£3k
Vaca
nc
ies
Diocesan:£14k
£2k
Nati
onal
Chu
rch
£73k£56k
Based on 2013 in the Five Year Plan
27
Gloucester’s Parish Share
Parish Share/“Member”;
National Context
2005 2012
26th
£30027 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
39th
£309
26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
40 41 42 43
Parish Share/“Member”;
National Average Rate: £365 p.m/a.
If replicated in Gloucester: £6.6m
Rank 26 diocese in 2012 (Newcastle): £355 p.m/a
If replicated in Gloucester: £6.4m
National Context
Actual commitments 2012: £5.6m
Regular giving/donor;
National Context
2006 2010
31st £6.95/week32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
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29
30
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14
15
16
17
19
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2627 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
18 th £9.27/week
Total Voluntary Income to PCCs
Gloucester 2006: £9.1m (PS; 57%)
Gloucester 2010: £12.1m (PS; 46%)
If Parish Share had increased the same as voluntary giving to parishes it would
have been £6.9m
National Context
Parish Share: £5.6mProvision of Clergy: £7.1m
From the Accounts for 2011:
“Global” deficit: £1.1m
Crisis; what crisis?
2013: 6 1
Aggregate lost posts in the budget:
2014: 8 4
“Support”Priests
2015: 10 7
2013: 6 5
If Parish Share does not increase:
2014: 8 12
“Support”Priests
2015: 10 16
Support
Help:
Tell us what else you need…
Printed material:
• I want to know series
• “Thank You”
• “Our Share in the future”
• “Where is the Church”
• Annual Report
Discuss, pray, reflect…
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