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These roles have deepened my connection to St Paul’s and strengthened my belief that practical service is an important part of Christian discipleship.
Discipleship of Children and Young People: It has been a privilege to serve in congregations with growing children’s and youth ministries.
I would support Synod initiatives that strengthen the discipleship of children and young people.
I love seeing those who volunteer growing in their discipleship through serving.
My passion is to prioritise proclaiming Jesus and deepening discipleship in ways that are appropriate and accessible across the Church of England's broad range of traditions and theological convictions – seeing people embrace his love for them and in turn giving their lives to Jesus.
Speaking with a heart for all-ages Whilst much of my pre-ordination ministry experience was with children and young people, I am inspired by seeing churches of all-ages growing in discipleship.
The Church faces significant challenges in the years ahead: nurturing discipleship, supporting leaders, stewarding resources wisely and serving communities faithfully.
If elected, I would want to speak and vote for: encouraging church growth through parish evangelism and mission; growth in lay discipleship including an emphasis on stewardship; sustainable support for parish ministry including simplification of governance and safeguarding and practical help with HR and policies and procedures; good theological formation for clergy and lay ministers; and would pay keen attention to matters of morale, retention and ongoing clergy training.
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I am Chaplain to Derbyshire Tennis and am passionate about the role sport can play in mission, discipleship, and community engagement.
Passionate about evangelism and discipleship, I support The Church of England’s aim to double the number of children and young active disciples by 2030.
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I believe caring for creation is an essential part of Christian discipleship.
Ordained in 2008, I have been the lead Canon for mission and discipleship at Winchester Cathedral for 5 years, and I am a founder member of the Racial Justice Strategy Group and a member of Diocesan Synod.
Convention, and through involvement in groups committed to training and discipleship, as a vice-president of CPAS, vice-chair of Church Society and on council of the Latimer Trust.
Revd Harry Steele, Director of Mission and Discipleship, Diocese of Coventry
My faith has been shaped by a rural, low Anglican tradition that values Scripture, prayer, faithful discipleship and service to the wider community.
Across the Church of England, lay people are already exercising remarkable gifts in leadership, discipleship, evangelism and pastoral care.
PRAYERFUL DISCIPLESHIP, NOT DOGMA
When a parish is sufficiently resourced, works of deep discipleship, mission and evangelism can be the focus and the local body of Christ released to thrive and increase.
Since moving here, we have more than doubled in number, deepened greatly in discipleship and almost doubled our FWO.
When we focus overly on current hobby horses, our missionary discipleship is diminished.
I want what we have found at St. Catherine’s to be true for all Church of England congregations: namely that gay people as well as straight people find themselves accepted and welcomed for who they are and helped to grow in discipleship as they follow Jesus more closely.
I would like to see increased support for discipleship initiatives across churches.
We have a unique opportunity, with the right discipleship to shape a society informed once again by Christian, rather than just secular values.
The King motion sought to to ask the Synod to accept that faithful, intimate same gender relationships were compatible with Christian discipleship.
Thus, the 38 years of my ministry and the 31 years of an intimate and faithful relationship were effectively dismissed as incompatible with Christian discipleship.
What I would seek to contribute There are a number of areas where I would like to contribute: ● Deepening discipleship and helping people get to know and follow Jesus in their day-to-day lives, rooted in the truth of Scripture. ● Supporting parishes through strengthening and resourcing the local church at the heart of its communities. ● Building unity through listening and learning across our differences and seeking to walk together in Christ. ● Caring for creation through continuing to show prophetic leadership in showing God’s love for all that he has made through courageous care for creation. ● Engaging with young people through listening to, investing in and making space for young people to lead. ● Mission and evangelism, sharing the good news of Jesus with everyone, from a place of genuine relationship and knowing our communities.
Questions concerning trust, safeguarding, human sexuality, inclusion, discipleship and younger generations require prayerful, courageous and responsible attention.
The central focus of my ministry is helping people come to faith in Christ, encouraging healthy Christian discipleship and contributing to the spiritual renewal of the Church.
Children, Young People and Evangelism: I am passionate about children and young people and about developing forms of evangelism and discipleship that genuinely connect with their lives.
I will work for a Church that is faithful to Christ, safe and trustworthy, committed to evangelism and healthy discipleship, and attentive to inclusion, young people, vulnerable people and those with disabilities.
Over many years we have grown together through prayer, theological study of the scriptures and our shared discipleship to actively commit to equality for everyone.
I believe these principles are consistent with Christian discipleship and should be clearly visible in the Church’s own governance.
I am passionate to see Christians flourishing in their faith, and want to help encourage fruitful discipleship across the Church of England.
Discipleship - Seeing people grow into mature followers of Jesus.
At the same time, I believe that true welcome and faithful discipleship belong together.
Developing lay leadership and normalising patterns of discipleship are essential for nurturing faith and encouraging the gifts of others.
I bring a synthesis of theological study, hands-on local discipleship, and professional communication skills to the table.
Discipleship: encouraging churches to make mature disciples who make disciples rather than simply increasing attendance.
Theological education and discipleship: I founded and served as Dean/Principal of St Frumentius’ Anglican Theological College in Ethiopia, helped develop discipleship-training programmes in Africa, and continue to teach and write on Scripture, theology, mission and church history.
Together, we can pray for the future of our church, inviting the Holy Spirit to breathe new life where it is needed and to guide us in love, service, and discipleship from parish grass roots all the way to General Synod.
I believe our schools should not only provide an excellent education, but also offer an environment in which young people can encounter Jesus, develop the confidence and resilience to navigate the uncertainties of life, and build foundations for a lifetime of Christian faith and discipleship.
Project board chair with responsibility for governance of diocesan strategy for discipleship, evangelism, and under-18s.
In July, a motion affirming that committed, faithful same-sex relationships are compatible with Christian discipleship and ministry was carried by both the clergy and the laity.
As Associate Vicar I work in close collaboration with the incumbent, sharing the leading of worship, preaching and pastoral care, and developing discipleship.
Care for creation is an integral part of Christian discipleship.
Mission, Church Growth, and Intentional Discipleship
Having spent fifteen years leading in local churches, I know that true sustainability will not be achieved through administrative cuts or clever finance, but through spiritual renewal, intentional discipleship, and local church growth.
I currently serve as one of the 5 core members of the Anglican Communion Commission for Evangelism and Discipleship.
This Commission was created in 2022 and brought together the previous Jesus Shaped Life Co-ordinating Group created by the Anglican Consultative Council 19 in 2016 (which I was asked to join as an Oceania representative in 2018), whose role was to support and lead the Decade of Intentional Discipleship in our Communion.
In the recent ACC in Belfast of this year, I was asked by the core group to present our global multi- cultural response to the concluding of this Decade of Intentional Discipleship by offering Vision 36 to ACC.
Vision 36 represents a wholistic vision for embedded discipleship and church renewal and planting for the coming decade.
I also currently serve as one of the Champion Bishops for missionary discipleship here in the Church of England.
In the Diocese of York, I hold the episcopal leadership for discipleship and evangelism.
I have particular episcopal oversight of Mustard Seed, which is a York grown missionary discipleship ministry and community specifically developed in, with and for areas of high deprivation.
If elected to the General Synod, I will continue to practice faithful discipleship for effective mission, considered stewardship of creation with constructive engagement within our diverse church traditions.
As a father, I live out the weekly joys and trials of family discipleship, and it breaks my heart to see young people who have grown up in church drift away from faith.
The Church’s strategic priority to become 'younger and more diverse' is vital, and having been raised in a strong Christian home, I know that nurturing a faith that lasts into adulthood requires teaching, discipleship, prayer and Christian community.
I remain very concerned that this is the most important and urgent discipleship and mission challenge we face - and that it is getting lost amidst other debates and wider political shifts in the country.
Children, young people, and families: supporting ministry that nurtures faith, belonging, and discipleship from the earliest years.
More recently I have been involved in the strategy stream on discipleship, and I currently sit on Bishop’s Council.
Despite the apparent perils besetting the denomination, I believe that discipleship remains the most pressing matter for the church.
Discipleship is the bedrock for mission and vocations.
Strengthen local parishes, recognising that worship, discipleship, pastoral care and mission are carried forward by faithful people in local communities
ministry spanning church planting, parish mission, and intercultural discipleship across Nigeria, Italy and the UK.
Growing healthy local churches: Supporting parishes to flourish in faithful worship, discipleship, evangelism and community engagement.
Young people and future generations: Investing in discipleship, youth leadership development and vocations for younger generations.
Promote mission, evangelism and discipleship;
e support the Church in evangelism, discipleship and the raising up of future priests
My experience is that as our congregations become healthier, they can and should be experiencing growth in numbers as well as in discipleship and impact.
Through engaging worship, discipleship, and service, we seek to nuture lifelong faith while encouraging the next generation of Christian leaders.
During my curacy, I have developed new forms of family-focused worship, helped develop a men’s breakfast, and organised an ecumenical day of prayer and worship focusing on men’s discipleship.
In everything I do, I am passionate about the growth of the church, a church expanding through people coming to love and follow Jesus, and Christians growing in their faith, discipleship and willingness to share the Gospel.
Discipleship of all.
On Scripture and discernment: I believe that the Holy Scriptures are God's Word and that the Church is called to proclaim that word in all its fulness and to discern how it should be applied to Christian discipleship and to the world.
I would want to help ensure that its work strengthens mission, deepens discipleship, supports clergy and lay leaders, and keeps before us the people who may not yet know that the Church is for them too.
My most joyful Reader responsibility is leading our discipleship focussed Café Church which has attracted new families and young people.
communities, enabling faith to be built, discipleship developed and lives to be transformed.
We are shortly to serve in an oversight capacity for our newly appointed “Young Adults Community & Discipleship Intern”, a position created to minister to a steady influx of young adults who have recently joined the church.
We must continue to nurture the discipleship of existing worshippers, recognising that spiritual growth matters as much as numerical growth.
In Critical Global Semiotics (Routledge, 2020), 26 authors across 16 countries authenticated multimodal, transdisciplinary discipleship; a memorable book launch united -ologies, heads and hearts, in London.
creation is part of our Christian discipleship, however, implementation must remain practical and affordable for parishes of every size.
For me, this must be viewed not as a ‘quick fix’ but as a long-term commitment to enriching the discipleship, ministry and mission of the whole people of God.
The Church has a crucial missional opportunity to be prophetic in how we care for God’s creation through our discipleship, our finances and our buildings and land.
• Discipleship: My family had to leave Uganda
I helped lead Come, Follow Me, a Discipleship Course for both Farsi and English speakers.
Drawing on my years as a youth worker and as a father, I want to champion renewed commitment to youth ministry, discipleship, and safe, nurturing spaces for young people to explore faith.
I was a member of the Bishop of Hull’s first Discipleship Group, and I am presently developing a 100-mile cycling pilgrimage route around the deanery in which I live (Inspired by Faith in the North Pilgrim Places).
Personal Relationship with Christ: o Raised in Indiana in strong Christian family, committed my life to Christ at 10 yrs old, deeply involved with Christian discipleship from university on. o A member of the Anglican church 25+ years.
Mission & Church Growth: Drawing on practical church planting experience to advocate for evangelism, discipleship, and intercultural community outreach.
Jesus famously said authentic discipleship is found in our love for each other (John 13.35), but he also said that if we love him, we will obey his teaching (John 14.23-24).
I am passionate about mission and discipleship, clergy well-being, and the centrality of the parish.
I will shortly begin serving as Associate Archdeacon for Hull: supporting churches across the city, helping develop mission and discipleship in the Deanery, and sitting on the Living Christ’s Story Programme Board.
During the past fifteen years I have experienced many of the ups and downs of parish ministry that all clergy face – including the opportunities for mission and discipleship that parish life brings; the financial, governance and volunteer challenges; and personal financial and health (including emotional, mental and vocational) challenges.
I am particularly interested in how the Church of England can become more confident in evangelism, prayer and discipleship, while remaining a Church that serves the whole nation.
During these years we saw hundreds of young people make first time commitments to following Jesus, helping them find home in their local church, and help resource their discipleship journeys.
I am passionate about ensuring that the Church of England remains a place where children, young people, families, and single adults can encounter Christ, belong deeply, and grow in discipleship.
I want to contribute to Synod’s thinking about work, economics, discipleship and our engagement with wider society, helping the Church equip Christians to understand their everyday lives and work as part of God’s mission.
Director of a parish discipleship group: ‘Skerne Scriptorium’
Newly-Appointed ‘Ministry Experience Scheme Enabler’, Diocese of Durham o I coordinate and lead the formation component of Durham Diocese’s ‘Ministry Experience Volunteer Scheme’: a ministry and discipleship gap- year program during which young people spend a year volunteering in church ministries and exploring their calling and relationship with God.
Champion imaginative worship, discipleship and communities that engage younger adults and those beyond traditional Sunday attendance, while keeping prayer and spiritual formation at the centre.
After a gap year as a New Wine Discipleship Year Student at St Mellitus Church, Hanwell (2019-2020) I moved to Cambridge to study Theology, Religion and Philosophy of Religion.
I am especially interested to contribute to discussion on: Discipleship and Christian Education - my current research stems from a deep interest in how we can disciple people well in our time and contexts to follow Jesus whole-heartedly.
I helped lead discipleship courses for new Christians, teaching the foundations of faith and encouraging others to grow in prayer and their understanding of Scripture.
My wife and I also lead a home group, where we seek to nurture discipleship, community, and mutual encouragement.
clear, intentional discipleship on the ground.
Insight into Licensed Lay Ministry, discipleship and encouraging confident Christian service in local communities.
This includes LGBTQ+ people, whose vocation, ministry and discipleship should be recognised, celebrated and nurtured.
Encouraging Lay Ministry and Discipleship: The Church's future depends on the confidence, faithfulness and gifts of all God's people.
I want to advocate for a Church that invests in discipleship and fully recognises the vital contribution of lay people in every community.
We are all in need of God's mercy, and I believe our churches should be communities where people can encounter that mercy through worship, friendship, pastoral care, and faithful discipleship.
Enabling churches to engage with the Holy Spirit for renewal, discipleship and mission.
Our task is not simply to preserve buildings or institutions, but to sustain living communities of discipleship, prayer, welcome, service, and mission.
I want to encourage moves in evangelism and discipleship, especially those that welcome families.
My overriding priority is to enable the Church throughout England to have evangelism and discipleship at the top of its agenda, to allocate finance in support of that, and to remove all impediments to effective mission.
Across the Diocese of York, my role as Discipleship Adviser gives me the privilege of working with churches and deaneries in many different contexts, geographical settings, and traditions.
Sammi is wholly committed and brings a range of experience from her work within discipleship and her contribution to the Liturgical Commission.
We need churches confident in the gospel, growing in discipleship, welcoming new people and developing new leaders – prioritising the Great Commission of helping people come to faith, grow to maturity and be equipped for ministry.
I want to see a Church faithful to Scripture, confident in the gospel, courageous in mission, serious about discipleship and compassionate towards those who serve and those we serve.
I travel all over the country and beyond to promote the continued use of the Church of England’s normative and permanently authorised liturgy which, I believe, has an important part to play in mission, personal discipleship, and building community.
Two of Jesus’s parables that speak most to my passions are "The Prodigal Son" and "The Good Samaritan” and inspire my thoughts on the following: ● Discipleship: I am excited by mission and bringing people to faith, but an even deeper passion of mine is discipleship.
We need to focus as much on nurturing faith as on initial conversion, making prayer and scripture accessible so people can develop a living, personal relationship with Jesus and experience God’s love and purpose for their lives. ● The Local Church: I believe the local parish church is vital to supporting mission and furthering discipleship and where church is at its most intimate and impactful.
e Believe the Church of England’s top priorities should be: o Youth and young adults’ engagement and discipleship o Community outreach and local mission o Financial sustainability o Church unity
Most of my spare time is still taken up with running and cycling, along with youth work and discipleship.
I believe the Church of England is uniquely positioned to serve and bless our nation through the proclamation of the gospel, the discipleship of followers of Jesus Christ and the formation of communities.
Chaplaincy has its place, but parishes must be the main place where the majority of discipleship happens.
I want to see more national resources reaching ordinary parishes, enabling them to grow in confidence and capacity for evangelism, discipleship and community engagement.
The Church of England is at its best when we are rooted in scripture, empowered by the Holy Spirit, growing in our discipleship and outward-looking in mission.
A passion for releasing the ministry and gifts of lay people through intentional discipleship and equipping.
We need to pioneer training for each church to see a new generation reached for Jesus that enables us to be confident and equipped from toddlers groups to detached youth ministry projects, schools partnerships to youth discipleship.
I am passionate about mission, discipleship, evangelism, prayer, young people, strong parish ministry and a flourishing Church of England.
The Church of England… I love the Church of England and I believe that the parish church can be the greatest tool for worship, discipleship and mission in the UK.
However, in a recent debate on whether same-sex relationships are compatible with Christian discipleship, the House of Bishops voted firmly against.
I noticed that Christian discipleship was easiest for the young people who had support in their faith at home, church and at school.
It’s critical that the Church of England responds to the climate emergency by modelling impactful action through our finances, buildings and land use, while offering compelling teaching that care for God’s creation is integral to Christian discipleship.
I welcome the new Creation Season of resources that ensure our action is rooted in our faith, worship and discipleship.
I am actively involved in supporting the ongoing work of the Places Project, a renowned national church funded project which seeks to equip the local church in Bolton to reach out to children and young people and help them on their discipleship journey.
I was greatly blessed by Christian activities at Durham, and by the church I attended during my university vacations, which helped enormously to lay the foundations for adult discipleship of Jesus.
The washing-up “As the Father sent me, I am sending you” (John 20.21) The vocation of the Christian Church in any nation is to call that nation into discipleship of Jesus, in obedience to his words in the so-called “Great Commission”: “So you must go and make all the nations into disciples” (Matthew 28.19 NTE).
This included leading the ‘Every Good Work’ Project, which works with young people cross the city of Wakefield, engaging them in social action and discipleship.
We need to be hearing their voices and perspectives, as well as helping them to grow in their discipleship.
We must use HIS example as our guide, showing love as we engage in discipleship and mission, strive towards holiness, and put God first in all we do, and show genuine love to our neighbour.
October 2025-April 2026 YWAM (Youth with a Mission) Discipleship Training School:
In my current role as Precentor at Leicester Cathedral I contribute actively to our journey to make visible and audible those who are not usually seen or heard in our community through involving all in worship, developing our discipleship and worship to be more intercultural, and contributing to the Cathedral’s focus to improve access for all.
Communicating the Gospel: equipping the Church to be confident in sharing our faith in diverse ways across the Church through worship and discipleship.
During that period I was able to support many people to explore their vocation for ordination, and several of them are now ordained clergy. My work has taken me deeper into exploring what it means for the whole Church to flourish. Later, through my work for LICC (The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity), I explored what whole-life discipleship looks like as faith meets the reality of ordinary work, family life, suffering, and hope.
That is the kind of representative I want to be, listening well to God and to his church, asking honest questions, and making sure Newcastle’s voice, in all its variety, is not lost. Church growth and the years ahead I stand for Synod, above all, because I believe God is calling us to flourish, that we would have life in all its fullness, in numbers, in depth of discipleship, and in our capacity to serve communities that need it.
Bring young adults into wider conversations about discipleship, vocation, mission, worship, leadership, safeguarding and the future direction of the Church.
How we respond and follow Jesus is discipleship.
General Synod can go further than supporting an app (which is great, and there should be a similar one aimed at young people) to help with discipleship.
I really value discipleship and because I was discipled well, with mentors and friends, I have built a Kingdom business of my own directing my natural talents towards the mission of God, enabling me to minister to church and secular society.
Earlier this year, I completed Worcester Cathedral’s Sophia Course, which provided me with a solid foundation in Christian Eco-Spirituality and Discipleship.
Deanery Lead for Discipleship, Warrington, * Iam committed to working with all people, and 2017-2020 share good relationships across traditions and
For the last 17 years, I have planted, led, and encouraged small-group discipleship programs.
Lifelong Discipleship
I want to help foster diocesan environments that support structured discipleship across all ages and walks of life, transforming people to love God and others radically.
This involves listening to marginalised voices and I see this as vital to my Christian discipleship.
Diversity, discipleship and evangelism: I support the development of discipleship and evangelism and an ethnically diverse leadership.
A renewed focus on welcome and discipleship
Too much energy has been spent on doctrinal brinkmanship — “how far can we go?” — rather than on the Gospel imperative of welcome and the call to discipleship.
My commitment to mission and evangelism is grounded in lived experience of local church growth, and my passion for children and young people reflects the New Testament vision of intergenerational discipleship, where the older saints model the Christian walk to the younger.
I am keen to contribute thoughtfully to discussions on mission, ministry, discipleship, and the challenges facing the Church today.
Alongside my passion for mission and discipleship, I am determined to see General Synod take definitive action to protect clergy and PCC members from harassment and bullying—protections that, alarmingly, are not yet in place.
I long for the Church to care for all creation as part of mission and discipleship: I have led creative Eco Church projects within my own church communities and have organised Diocesan Eco Church conferences to encourage and equip greater engagement within both our rural and urban congregations.
This body of Christ is one of the wonderful ways that God gives us to help us grow in discipleship and to reach out to our communities with the good news of Jesus.
I would support initiatives that strengthen evangelism, serve the most vulnerable, encourage discipleship for all ages and develop both lay and ordained leadership.
During that time, I have seen the extraordinary difference local churches can make when they are rooted in prayer, committed to discipleship, and engaged in the lives of the people they serve.
My ministry has focused on creating spaces of welcome, belonging and discipleship, while helping lay people discover and use their gifts in God's mission.
I love serving the local church through leading discipleship groups (such as a weekly Ladies’ Bible Study) and through music, particularly with a focus on young people, developing their musical gifts alongside their growing faith.
Focused and accountable leadership The Church’s limited time, money and leadership attention should be concentrated on its essential purposes: worship, discipleship, evangelism, pastoral care and service.
I was ordained in 2018, and my ministry is centered around, community, children and youth ministry, and discipleship.
and lay leaders, promote wise stewardship of resources, and enable parishes to prioritise worship, discipleship, pastoral care, and mission.
We need to learn from the past, listen properly to survivors, and build a culture in which safeguarding is understood as an essential part of Christian discipleship and good leadership, rather than as a bureaucratic burden.
About me I’m 28 and I work as Parish Missioner for Youth & Discipleship for the Parish of Bowdon here in the Diocese of Chester.
At the same time, I believe we should remain faithful to the teaching of Scripture and the Church's historic Christian understanding of marriage, sexual relationships and Christian discipleship.
I want to see investment in the future of our parishes, helping them grow in confidence, discipleship, mission and sustainability.
equip and support local congregations in the discipleship of people of all ages.
I affirm the compatibility of Christian discipleship and queer identity and would support the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the sacramental life of the Church.
I am concerned that mission and discipleship is often neglected in our national conversation for more peripheral matters.
Role as Director of Ministry and Discipleship for Portsmouth Diocese.
Portsmouth Diocese Director of Ministry and Discipleship
Focus on Work in Portsmouth Diocese and why that may be helpful Director of Ministry & Discipleship 2024-present & Mission Development Officer 2017 – 2020.
Therefore, evangelism, conversion, discipleship and prayer must be front and centre of national strategy.
These experiences have reminded me that Christian discipleship means walking with others: listening, serving, learning and seeking God’s guidance.
This enables me to advocate effectively on key issues such as clergy wellbeing, the Clergy Conduct Measure, and the role of the priest in mission and discipleship.
Alongside parish ministry I serve as a Gregory Associate with CCX, which equips local leaders to start, revitalise and grow worshipping communities rooted in discipleship.
My hopes for the Church of England include: Discipleship and formation: Since ordination I have been involved with clergy and lay formation.
Creation care is a way of discipleship.
My hope for this next quinquennium is that we can continue to address more deeply issues around discipleship of all positions, enabling fruitful debate/disagreement that doesn’t seek to legitimise one theological position over the other, but seeks to disagree well in a way that maintains unity of heart.
The structures and leadership should therefore be focused on enabling local parish churches to focus on evangelism to reach the lost; discipleship so that believers grow to be more like Jesus; and the worship of God as Father, Son and Spirit.
But above all, we should remain rooted in prayer and faithful discipleship, confident in the grace of God rather than tempted to reshape the Church to fit the prevailing culture.
Our buildings can be places of prayer, worship, hospitality, discipleship and transformation at the heart of their communities.
The Church has a crucial missional opportunity to be prophetic in how we care for God’s creation through our discipleship, our finances and our buildings and land.
Mindful of my own frailties, I strive to uphold the traditional teachings of the church on scripture, sacrament and discipleship and to do so in a manner that is invitational and encouraging.
Eastern Europe’s Anglicans, and the wider diaspora communities among us, have gifts of faithfulness, creativity, and costly discipleship to offer.
Discipleship of children and young people is a key part of the Diocese of Manchester’s successful Strategic Development Fund bid.
and aware of their contexts, are extremely effective units of mission, discipleship and ministry.
In 2015 I founded Movement, bringing together young people and churches from across the diocese for worship, discipleship and leadership development.
Discipleship, Mission and Ministry
We need fresh ideas for evangelism, discipleship, and gathered worship – bold, I know, but necessary, I believe.
This is a key element of developing individual discipleship, protecting clergy wellbeing and ensuring future church resourcing, a learning that was made clear to me in my time as Churchwarden.
Offering spaces to build connection helps to avoid tension between generations and builds discipleship and friendships.
As a family we worship at Chudleigh Parish Church, a welcoming community with its focus on teaching and discipleship.
And yet how much strategic thinking is devoted to mission, growth, discipleship, and ministry in the rural context?
At Trinity, I currently serve as a Discipleship Leader.
I have led a discipleship group for several years and, alongside my husband, have helped facilitate the Prepare/Enrich marriage course for couples in our church.
So let us press on with discipleship, evangelism, social engagement and worldwide impact - all solely for God’s Glory.
Evangelism, discipleship and leadership The Church of England exists to help people discover the love of Jesus Christ and grow as his disciples.
The experience of being an LLM has deepened my love for parish life and strengthened my desire to see mission, discipleship, and pastoral care flourish at every level of the Church.
Much of my curacy so far has focused on the outreach and discipleship of students and formation of younger leaders.
Not because I think the Church is dying, but because dying to self is at the heart of Christian discipleship.
Children and young people are not simply the future of the Church, they are a vital part of the Church today, and their voices, faith and discipleship must be taken seriously.
In seeking to support and resource the mission and ministry of the church, four areas particularly stand out for me: Evangelism, discipleship and training General Synod should pay attention to where churches are making and growing disciples, learn from them, and ensure that national structures help rather than hinder that mission.
I care deeply about supporting clergy and lay leaders, nurturing discipleship, encouraging mission and evangelism, and helping our parishes remain places of faithful worship, service and witness.
I believe the Church is strongest when it combines faithfulness with hospitality, creating spaces where people from diverse backgrounds can worship together, grow in discipleship and contribute their gifts to God's mission.
Through work with families, youth clubs, opportunities to explore Christianity and pathways into discipleship and leadership, we are seeking to create places where young people can belong, ask questions, encounter Jesus and grow in faith.
We should invest courageously in children and young people and make their evangelisation and discipleship a priority.
We need growth through conviction and discipleship rather than nominal affiliation.
As General Synod continues to address questions around mission and church growth, support for local parishes, safeguarding, discipleship, encouraging younger generations, and stewarding resources wisely, it is vital that decisions are rooted in Scripture, shaped by prayer and informed by the realities of parish life.
I want to see a Church of England that is unapologetically evangelistic, where people are invited to discover faith, where baptism leads to discipleship, where children and young people encounter Jesus, and where our churches expect new people to become Christians.
I remain active in various Christian youth organisations and in personal discipleship, particularly of young men.
I would characterise myself as a Conservative Evangelical, taking a traditional approach to interpretation of Scripture and the need for personal discipleship.
I believe the local church is where the life of the mission of the church flows from, it is a place of encountering Jesus, a place where community is formed and a place where people grown in discipleship and can serve the wider community.
Mission, Evangelism and Discipleship
General Synod also has a key role to play in mission, evangelism and discipleship.
I would bring experience of working and serving in different churches and experience of being involved in different initiatives that promote mission and discipleship.
I Stand for Effective Discipleship In our current cultural moment, the Church of England needs to work hard at discipling all the baptised from the cradle to the grave.
St George’s has a large children's ministry, and we model discipleship opportunities for new believers, right through to seniors.
I believe that grace is fully inclusive, discipleship is for all the baptised and ordained ministry has always been qualified and recognised by those in authority in the Church.
Our job as a Church is to work out together how we offer a radical welcome to all, teaching a cross shaped discipleship and modelling a servant ministry to the world for which Christ died and rose again.
It encourages confident discipleship that enables local mission.
I will argue for properly resourced, locally rooted parish ministry which enables mission & growth, evangelism & discipleship.
Lead Bishop for Church Planting in York Province Author of books on discipleship & leadership
This includes encouraging creative & sustainable approaches to ministry, nurturing discipleship, & enabling churches to serve people of all ages & backgrounds.
My hope for the Church of England is simple: that we may be united in Christ, generous in our differences, faithful in our discipleship, & joyful in our mission, sharing the life-transforming good news of Jesus Christ & serving our communities with love.
United in Christ, generous in our differences, faithful in our discipleship, & joyful in our mission.
That experience has reinforced my belief that the Church's future depends on healthy relationships, confident discipleship, faithful local ministry, & a shared commitment to God's mission.
I want to encourage vocations, discipleship and leadership for the next generation.
I am the Rector of a six-parish benefice in West Dorset, I also sit on the diocesan Discipleship, Vocations and Ministry Committee, and am part of the team of Vocations Advisors that support those at the initial stages of discernment.
My desire is to bring a voice rooted in lived experience, discipleship, multicultural ministry, and the conviction that the Church must reflect the fullness of Christ’s inclusive love.
I have benefitted from training by the Diocese of Lichfield in the Pathways Course, Theological Preacher’s Courses and Discipleship Enablers Course.
Mission-focused growth, rooted in hospitality, justice, and discipleship.
I also want to advocate for inclusion, migrants and ethnic minority groups, multicultural worship, children and youth discipleship, families in the life of the church, supporting the vulnerable and marginalised, gender equality, supporting those from the working class, single parents and female/women leadership, mission growth, and a safer, welcoming Church for all.