The Next Thing?

                                           

 

Casting a Vision to serve & support the Rural Church

Captain Gordon Banks CA Diocesan Evangelist Chichester Diocese

Church House Hove East Sussex BN3 4ED 01273 425686

gordon.banks@chichester.anglican.org.

Under the proposed restructuring in the Diocese of Chichester the post of Diocesan Evangelist will cease to exist in 2014. I am seeking to develop my current ministry in service and support of the rural church for the next five years when I will be 68!

The Proposal…

Appointed to a rural benefice as part of a team as Lay Minister/ Evangelist/Associate Minister in an accommodating diocese.

Also to be commissioned to deliver training on rural evangelism across the country using as a base the ‘Journey to Faith Course’. Available as a download from the Arthur Rank Centre. www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk. This essence of this training would be to train trainers. Although the Course is available as a download and is designed to be ‘easy to deliver’ people would gain confidence if they went through the Course with one of the authors. (1) Allied to this would be highlighting other resources available, especially from the Arthur Rank Centre and the Rural Evangelism Network.  www.ruralevangelism.net

Added into to this new appointment would be study/research.

Possible funding partners could include… (2)

a) The host diocese

b) The Arthur Rank Centre

c) The Church Army

d) Evangelist Support Scheme (ESS) operated through Church Army

e) Consultation Fees

 ­If you think you might be able to assist in moving this proposal forward I would be delighted to hear from you.

(1) I am a co-author of this course along with Simon Martin, Arthur Rank Centre Training and Resources Officer

(2) Please note at the time of writing (January 2014) none of the proposed funding partners have given any indication or undertaking that they wish to participate.