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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

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£3k

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£73k£56k

Based on 2013 in the Five Year Plan

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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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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…