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Strategic planning for church buildings

Dioceses need to integrate thinking about their church buildings with their mission and ministry planning so that their possibilities and challenges are part of a growth strategy. We can help you with your diocesan strategic review of church buildings

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Festival churches

A Festival Church is a church building which is not used for weekly worship, but is valued and required by the community for local events and for Festivals of the Church and for Rites of Passage (Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals).

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Barton-on-Humber: St Mary J.Hannan-Briggs

Diocesan resources

Resources for Bishops and Diocesan Officers.

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Church Buildings Council

We help you keep your church building open, used for worship and enjoyed by all.

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Struggling Churches - Options Appraisals and Church Buildings Reports

The Church Buildings Council seeks to support dioceses in working with parishes and other stakeholders where the future of a church building is being considered

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New resource to help churches become more ‘fruitful in evangelism’

The Church of England is launching an online resource

11/07/2022
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Innovative harvest festivals planned amid Covid-19 concerns

Churches are planning to celebrate Harvest Festival in different ways this year.

18/09/2020
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Display of flowers, fruit and wheat in cathedral for Harvest Festival St Albans Cathedral

Resourcing rural churches

Southwell and Nottingham’s diocesan vision for Growing Disciples Wider Younger Deeper includes The Potting Shed Church, started in 2017 as part of a Strategic Development Fund (SDF) grant.

17/03/2021
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Launch of major new report on how the Church of England manages its 16,000 church buildings

NEWS / As part of its Reform and Renewal programme, which was debated in the General Synod in February, the Church of England has today published a report and launched a consultation on proposals to improve the support for its 16,000 church buildings.

13/10/2015
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Press release from the Church of England.

Strategic Capacity Funding

Strategic Capacity Funding is available to dioceses who want to build their capacity to develop and deliver their strategic plans. 

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