Posted Thursday 29 May 2008
The Provincial Mission and Ministry Board is coming to the end of its first term after the merger of the two separate Ministry and Mission Boards of the General Synod, writes Glasgow & Galloway’s representative, Rev Peter Potter. Consequently there has been a period of reflection on the progress made.
It has been generally agreed that the members have worked well together and that the Board, though large, gives its members a good overview of the many and various strands of the Church’s work.
A major achievement has been the streamlining of the Provincial funding for ministry. This now comes from the Board, rather than from two separate sources, and will be given to each diocese in the form of a block grant. The dioceses will then have greater freedom, within certain limits, to channel the funds towards their own priorities in ministry.
The major reports Journey of the Baptised and New Century, New Directions are now several years old and it was felt reviews were necessary.
These were done in tandem, as their subject matter is interlinked. The reports have just been completed and the Board is in the process of deciding what action needs to be taken to implement them.
Here, too, we see the Church’s mission and ministry evolving in the light of changes in the world around us.
Category: Scottish Episcopal Church
