The report
In 2022, the College of Bishops (CoB) met with District and Churchwide leaders to address the LCANZ’s church worker supply shortage. Victorian Bishop Emeritus Greg Pietsch was appointed to oversee the resulting Ministry Future project. which was established by CoB the same year, with the support of the General Church Board (GCB), to ‘consider and develop a coordinated response’ to the decreasing number of pastors in the church and the changing nature of its communities.
The current situation and future projections of pastoral supply were investigated through the project and a coordinated response developed. A report on the project’s progress was released to the church in May 2023 and the final project summary report was received with approval by GCB in May 2024. Detailed reports, data analysis, consultation papers, proposals and end-user documents were presented to CoB along the way and shared with others in consultation and collaboration as well. The purpose and progress of the project were also shared with various District and Churchwide pastors conferences and conventions, with invitations for feedback and input.
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Congregational Life website
A Congregational Life website to support LCANZ congregations and agencies is in the first stages of development. The website, which will be a sub-site of the existing LCANZ website, will bring together mission, ministry, administration and governance resources from the Churchwide Office and Districts into a central repository. The website will help equip faith communities as they adjust to the church’s changing context. It will offer accessible and relevant resources and raise awareness of learning pathways that are currently available or being developed. The development of the website was a recommendation of the Ministry Future project.
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