The Church in Wales faces terminal decline without some radical re-thinking, an external review group has found
The Church in Wales has unveiled radical plans to ensure its future ahead of its centenary in 2020.
The Church makes 50 recommendations for change in a report published today.
They include setting up supersize parishes run by teams of vicars and lay people. These would replace parishes with larger “ministry areas” and mirror the catchment areas of secondary schools. They are intended to address the problem of small, unsustainable parishes and overstretched priests having to serve multiple parishes.
The report also recommends that churches invest in ministry to young people and come up with “creative ideas” to ensure they stay at the heart of their communities.
To implement the vision, churches are being asked to enable their buildings for use by the whole community. Read more
Related:
Church in Wales Review July 2012 - full report
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