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Doing things differently. 2020 Missional Deployment. Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham 2020 Deployment Strategy. Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham 2020 Deployment Strategy. No change not an option Relate to our Vision Statement What transformation is needed for a
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Doing things differently 2020 Missional Deployment
Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham2020 Deployment Strategy • No change not an option • Relate to our Vision Statement • What transformation is needed for a • visionary missional church? • Imagine a different future: radical • A collaborative process between • the local and central leadership
Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham2020 Deployment Strategy • Favour growth potential – numerical, discipleship, community service, amongst the young and new housing developments • Bias to disadvantage areas/parishes – 20% using the Church Urban Fund statistics • 10% Fresh Expressions • A commitment to retain current level of paid posts, both lay and ordained = 198 • Yet there may be 30% less clergy available!
Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham2020 Deployment Strategy • 80-90 -100-110-120% Planning • Self Supporting Ministers – their place in the plan.? A growing or diminishing number? • Readers – as leaders of parishes? Deployability? • Schools • Buildings – community hubs • Internal deanery deprivation outside the 20%? • Diocesan Office as the ‘Third Archdeaconry’
Missional Leadership Deployment 2020 TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENT POSTS 20 198 Paid • VOLUNTARY POSTS - SSMs, Readers, RLMs • HOUSE FOR DUTY • POSTS RESOURCED ELSEWHERE - +Paul, Healthcare & Prison Chaplains PAID POSTS: +Tony, Archdeacons (2), incumbent status stipendiary priests, stipendiary curates (24) , salaried staff (ordained and lay) 10% of paid posts to be Fresh Expressions (Fx)
Missional Leadership Deployment 2020 198 20 Fx Paid 3rd Archdeaconry 20 Fx Direct recommendation Nottingham Archdeaconry Newark Archdeaconry 3rd Archdeaconry Deanery Task: To offer a range of options for paid posts between 80% and 120% of 2012 baseline staffing 80 - 120% of 2012 baseline
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him, the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord .... Isaiah 11:2
Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham2020 Deployment Strategy We need to do things differently
What is God saying? Continued evolution not revolution A lack of accessible money available – the challenge of sacrificial giving Less priests but vocations persist for all Community is more important than buildings, but they remain a key resource.