{"id":136063,"date":"2025-03-31T18:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=136063"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:04:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:04:41","slug":"in-the-launde-minster-community-in-the-diocese-of-leicester-pccs-look-at-new-models-of-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=136063","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) In the Launde Minster Community in the diocese of Leicester, PCCs look at new models of ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the 17 parishes in the first minster community (MC) in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/diocese-of-leicester\">diocese of Leicester<\/a>, PCCs are considering proposals to meet the cost of its ministry, as required by the diocesan framework. The number of stipendiary ministers is to be one, a revised form of \u201coversight minister\u201d, who, it is proposed, will prioritise work with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/faith-schools\">church schools<\/a>\u00a0in the four parishes that have them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MC framework is just one of the models being rolled out across the Church as dioceses work to reduce structural&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/financemoney\">deficits<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 forecast to reach \u00a362 million in 2024 \u2014 and encourage both an increase in giving and a broader culture change, typically entailing greater collaboration across parishes and increased lay leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing his diocesan synod last year, the Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, suggested that MCs supporting the costs of their own ministry was \u201cthe only way we can address our financial deficit while also continuing with a bold and audacious plan to work with God in growing the Church\u201d. It was \u201can important means of incentivising generosity and empowering local people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2025\/28-march\/news\/uk\/launde-minster-community-pccs-look-at-new-models-of-ministry\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Had a look at the pilot of the Minster Communities in Leicester, which include the principle that communities cover the cost of their stipendiary ministry. \u2018We just want to open up on a Sunday and have a priest who leads us\u2019 must be familiar to others <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0X4lsGTzxh\">https:\/\/t.co\/0X4lsGTzxh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Madeleine Davies (@MadsDavies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadsDavies\/status\/1905547075183345948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 17 parishes in the first minster community (MC) in the\u00a0diocese of Leicester, PCCs are considering proposals to meet the cost of its ministry, as required by the diocesan framework. The number of stipendiary ministers is to be one,<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=136063\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,437,435,184,441],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england","category-ministry-of-the-laity","category-ministry-of-the-ordained","category-parish-ministry","category-stewardship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136063"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136068,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136063\/revisions\/136068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}