Where Are We Going?
Where Are We Going?
The proposals below – Benefice Development Programme, Growing Rural Parishes, and Serving Southampton/Believing in Bournemouth – are draft plans that the diocese is presenting for feedback and improvement.
They are all underpinned by a desire to invest broadly in parish ministry, starting where benefices are and working together to listen and develop interventions that are going to lead to flourishing communities. In very simple terms, we want more ‘flourishing’ and ‘healthy’ benefices and fewer ‘struggling’, and ‘in need of review’ benefices.
Here are some suggested principles for developing plans:
