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Diocesan
Goals
- To
grow the number
of adults,
young people
and children
within the
worshipping
Christian community
year on year.
- To
make the most
of opportunities
presented by
the occasional
offices, the
church calendar
and invitational
events such
as Back to Church
Sunday.
- To develop
an understanding
of communications
in every parish,
promoting a
church that is visible,
welcoming and
accessible.
- To
develop a spiritually-enriching
children’s
and youth ministry
in every parish
and church
school, encouraging
clustering
where appropriate.
- To
ensure that
a Christian
Basics course
of some kind
is offered
in every parish
at least once
a year.
- To implement
in every parish
an appropriate
strategy for
making confident,
prayerful disciples
in their daily
life.
- To encourage
an increasing
number of worshipping
Christians
to take tithing
seriously,
and to give at least
5% of their
income to the local
church.
- To
increase the
range and spiritual
fruitfulness
of partnerships
and community
initiatives
across the Diocese.
- To
increase the
number of leaders
of all ages,
and drawn from
every ethnic
group, who
are trained
and deployed
in the church
and wider community.
- To
encourage every
parish community
to think through
the challenges
of relating
constructively
to those of
other faiths.
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