Our vision for Transformation is a vision for fruitfulness.
We recognise and affirm the breadth of fruitfulness that will be expressed throughout our diocese, across tradition and churchmanship, building on our missional heritage. We believe there is an opportunity for all parishes to engage with and take up this vision for transformation and become fruitful in their context.
Diocesan Transformation does not represent a fixed model or single route to see our churches grow and flourish, but we hope it will create an environment where the ground can be prepared, new missional ideas can be planted, and green shoots of growth are nurtured to become fruitful – each one unique to local vision and local context.
There are four strands to our Transformation vision.
Growing Mission aims to prepare the soil for growth, through supporting our parishes and deaneries to develop their vision and plans and identifying strategic opportunities for new missional ideas.
Growing Leadership aims to create an eco-system that will enable growth, through all individuals being supported to explore their vocation and step into leadership roles, both lay and ordained.
Growing Churches aims to support each church to bear fruit in their context, through establishing cultures of discipleship and evangelism that will enable a healthy growing church to flourish.
Growing Younger aims to enable churches to bear fruit in every generation, through supporting us to reach children, youth and young adults and give them opportunities to explore faith and grow as disciples.
Our Diocesan Transformation journey is just beginning. Over the coming years we hope to see growth and transformation in every part of our diocese, as our churches seek to reach and serve the people of our parishes in response to Jesus’ call to fruitfulness.