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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An explanatory note of what the legal duty to “have due regard” on matters relating to safeguarding has been issued by the Church of England. It is a legal duty
Download a pdf version The Racial Justice Toolkit News story: October 2024 The Church of England in Norfolk and Waveney has launched a new racial justice toolkit to support 550
Both of our Safeguarding Advisers can be contacted on: safeguarding@dioceseofnorwich.org 01603 882345 Address: Safeguarding Team, Bishop’s House, Norwich, NR3 1SB. Please note: this is not an emergency service, the Advisers operate
The Mission of the Church is the mission of Jesus Christ. Every day our churches serve local parishes through mission, responding to human need in local communities alongside providing weekly
The National Safeguarding Team has today announced the conclusion of the work to review all clergy under the authority or oversight of the Church of England who are criticised in
Dear all Last week’s General Synod meeting reflected on what might be the best way forward for safeguarding in the Church of England. The debate revealed that there is a
Applications invited for new expanded £5 million conservation fund for churches | The Church of England Applications for grants to fund the conservation of special objects such as stained glass, paintings, bells, organs
The Diocese of Norwich is delighted to announce that Andy Sexton will be joining us as our new Strategic Programme Manager in April 2025 on a two-year contract which is half-funded by the
The process for the appointment of the next Archbishop of Canterbury is underway and, a key part of this, is the extensive consultation exercise that will take place in February
Revd Canon Karlene Kerr is the Racial Justice Officer for the Diocese of Norwich, as well as the Bishop’s Adviser on ‘From Lament to Action’. In this video, Revd Karlene