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The Bishop’s Certificate in Christian Learning

New course starts September 2025 What is the course about? Do you feel ready to embark on a spiritual journey which could deepen your Christian faith? A new course to

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.

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.

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

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility

The Diocese of Norwich is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our church community.

Clergy finance

Stipends; Statutory Sick Pay; Clergy Pension Scheme; fees, rates and claims. Stipends Links to a range of useful websites and information, including stipend statements and HMRC guidance. All of the

Grants and funding for clergy

Grants in support of training; sabbaticals; to help retired clergy or widowed spouses; and more.

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.

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.

Statistics for Mission: How can counting help churches?

January 7, 2025 No Comments

Written by Becca Devlin, data analyst for the Diocese of Norwich. As an integral part of my Christian belief, I believe that every person in our Diocese is deeply loved

New Resource! How to successfully manage your church building project from start to finish.

December 5, 2024 No Comments

Are you daunted by the prospect of taking on a church building project and what that means for your church community? Have you embarked on a project already but you’re

Treasurer