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  1. A Cornish Call to Pioneer

    14/09/2020

    Rt Rev Philip Mounstephen, Bishop of Truro writes about why episcopal leadership should advocate for and support pioneer ministry with insights into how a strategic vision for this is unfolding in Cornwall. 

    5 min read
  2. Pioneer practitioner’s story – ‘The Garden’

    30/01/2020

    Lindsay and Lindsay tell a story of lives brought together to tend God's garden in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

    4 min read
  3. The Value of Succession Planning

    30/01/2020

    Rt. Revd Martyn Snow, Bishop of Leicester, writes about what they have learned about Pioneer Ministry over the year and making use of each individuals gifts and talents.

    2 min read
  4. The Journey Towards Innovation

    27/01/2020

    Pioneer ministry is all about thinking outside of the box. Dave Gardner, the Director of Mission in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich says that one of the biggest challenges in his diocese is changing the perception that most of the focus of ordained and lay ministry is for the benefit of the existing congregation but by creating a licensed route for pioneers and innovators, they are working to put pioneer ministry on a similar footing as other licensed lay ministries.

    2 min read