Rural presence

Thinking aloud about being a Christian presence in every (rural) community

rural presence

thinking aloud about being a Christian presence in every (rural) community

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A place for some useful resources and creative thinking about rural mission and ministry in the Church of England’s Diocese of Chelmsford.

Buildings round-up

February 10, 2019

Germinate has recently updated their online resource on Rural Church Buildings. The revised web-based resource covers: maintenance , major projects, setting up a friends group, reordering for both liturgical purposes and wider community use and welcoming visitors. Accessible Welcome from Germinate is only in part about the bricks and mortar – the toolkit helps churches … More Buildings round-up

Reimagining Ministerial Formation

February 4, 2019

I Thanks to Nick Shepherd’s excellent Friday Mailing I recently came across this November 2018 paper “Reimagining Ministerial Formation” by David Heywood, Deputy Director of Ministry (Ministerial Formation) in the Diocese of Oxford. A quick summary is below as the document is 91 pages. If you have the time, the whole paper is well worth … More Reimagining Ministerial Formation

One at a time

January 21, 2019

A guest post from Andy Griffiths, CMD Adviser for the Bradwell Area in the Diocese of Chelmsford. Bob Jackson has written a book that seems likely to prove influential: Leading One Church at a Time (Grove, 2019). Perhaps the Church of England’s leading specialist in Church Growth, Jackson is a believer that multi-parish benefices as presently employed … More One at a time

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Some insight into how the Arthur Rank Centre's Germinate Groups programme has worked in the Diocese of Worcester.