The Church of England, Diocese of Norwich

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Finance and IT team

We’re here to support all Diocesans stakeholders with advice and guidance on stipends, clergy pensions, expenses, parochial fees, parish share, gift aid, PCC accounts and much more. Michael Hibbin, Management

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Vision

We see the ministry of the whole of the Diocese of Norwich, across Norfolk and Waveney, as being about how we live our life together, for the flourishing of every person in every place. Transformed by Christ: prayerful, pastoral and prophetic.

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Lay Ministry

There are thousands of lay ministers using their gifts in a wide variety of different roles, serving alongside ordained ministers. Youth and children’s ministers, churchwardens, licensed lay ministers, and many chaplains, evangelists, missionaries and pioneers are lay people, who are not ordained.

Lay ministries cover a huge variety of different forms of Christian service and there are a range of lay ministry roles available in different dioceses. Lay ministry falls broadly into three categories: Recognised, Authorised and Licensed.

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Diocesan Structure

The Church of England is made up of 42 Dioceses. Each of the English dioceses (and the Diocese in Europe) has a structure of boards and councils responsible for different aspects of the Church’s work including ministry, mission and education.

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Parish Share

Parish Share is a contribution by churches towards the cost of the mission and ministry of the Church in the Diocese, which is primarily the cost of clergy.

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Safeguarding Training

Details about our online and virtual training. Introduction to the Safeguarding Training modules; who needs to do what; how to access the online modules; and dates, times, venues and booking details for training events.

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