Whenever there is a whisper or hint that changes for the deanery are a foot, something stirs across the dioceses in the deanery community. There is a surge of objection and protest that leads to a rethink and the Deanery survives.
25 years on from the Bridge Report (that proposed doing away with the Deanery!) in some areas the Deanery has become the powerhouse driving the Church’s mission and ministry however, in others it has not faired so well. …. But how and why in some areas the Deanery has flourished and in others that’s not the case?
So …..
- What’s the point of the Deanery?
- What is it that causes such an outcry when the Deanery is threatened?
- What are the characteristics of a good deanery?
The Deanery Today
In this Deanery Briefing we look at what has shaped the Deanery since the Bridge Report, how to use the synodical structure to influence national policy and support the mission and ministry in the deanery locality.