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BISHOP SACKS AREA DEANS

BISHOP SACKS AREA DEANS. Diocese of Bristol vital statistics. Population: 1 million Churches: 204 Benefices: 103 Regular attendees: 30,000 Average Weekly attendance: 18,000 Clergy - stipendiary 125 - self-supporting 75 Parishes raise £15m Parish Share £5.2m

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BISHOP SACKS AREA DEANS

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  1. BISHOP SACKS AREA DEANS

  2. Diocese of Bristol vital statistics Population: 1 million Churches: 204 Benefices: 103 Regular attendees: 30,000 Average Weekly attendance: 18,000 Clergy - stipendiary 125 - self-supporting 75 Parishes raise £15m Parish Share £5.2m Diocesan Expenditure £7.5m

  3. Seven different deaneries

  4. What the Diocese is about Setting direction focused on... Recruiting, developing, deploying ministers for... Providing resources, governance and making decisions for... Being an interdependent community of faith for... ... God’s mission and the growth of His Kingdom

  5. Subsidiarity “a matter ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest, or least centralized authority capable of addressing that matter effectively”

  6. Interdependence Diocese of Bristol |National Deaneries Conference 2012

  7. Releasing the Energy |Diocesan Strategy 2010-2015

  8. Releasing the Energy | Four strands to the strategy Growth Programme Leadership Development Income generation Structures of oversight and support

  9. Deanery responsibilities Encouraging the Growth Programme locally Recommendations about deployment Managing Leadership Development in Vacancies Raising Parish Share in the deanery

  10. A changing relationship

  11. The de- words Decentralisation Delegation Devolution

  12. Responsibilities Up close and personal Capacity building “It’s the Area Dean, stupid!” The deaneries’ task in God’s mission

  13. City deanery

  14. Some questions What responsibility would release energy locally if given to your deanery? What fears would diocesan leadership have if they gave that responsibility away? What fears would deanery leadership have if they took that responsibility on?

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