2. Our Motivation
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19
The commission to evangelise and make disciples drives all the work we are doing.

3. The Research From Anecdote to Evidence
Growing churches are those with good leadership and clear focus on mission and discipleship
Arithmetic projections
Rapid decline in numbers of worshippers and clergy leading to virtual extinction of the Church in some areas
Diocesan conversations

4. Diocesan Conversations
Universal ambition for growth
Sharp reduction in clergy numbers due to retirements
Keep the parish system
Strengthen clergy numbers and build lay leadership capacity
Reality gap between scale of ambition and capacity to achieve it

5. Prayerful Urgent Radical Together
Our Response
Prayerful
Urgent
Radical
Together

6. Reform & Renewal One part of the response
Based on what dioceses have told us
Many strands
A single purpose: to make sure we have the right people and resources to help us to re-evangelise England and grow in the life of the Kingdom of God

7. Main Changes Discipleship Evangelism Increase in lay leadership
50% increase in candidates for ordination by 2020
Discerning and nurturing senior leaders
Simplifying church bureaucracy
Central changes
All national funding for dioceses will be for mission and growth. Half to support mission in poorer areas. Half to invest in new growth opportunities around the country

8. Consultation and Engagement
Further work is in progress with dioceses
More detailed proposals being developed
Have your say:

9. The Prize
So that the Risen Christ can be restored to the centre of this country, its conscience and its culture.
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or conceive, by the power which is at work among us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. Amen.” Ephesians