Bishop of Truro announces change of direction amidst painful cuts debate
The Bishop of Truro, the Rt. Rev Philip Mounstephen, announced a change of direction today for his diocese - reeling from his painful housekeeping process called On The Way . The process of On The Way , which encourages deaneries to come up with cost-cutting plans, will now be 'integrated' with Transforming Mission , he said in his presidential address at the Diocesan Synod at St Erme, Cornwall. Transforming Mission is a multi-million pound resource church programme - funded by the Church Commissioners - being rolled out in five towns in Cornwall. The Bishop had faced criticism for imposing his On The Way clergy cuts, while pouring Church Commissioners' riches into Transforming Mission. On The Way and Transforming Mission (TM) would henceforth be brought together under one 'overall project board, chaired by the Bishop of St Germans, the Rt Rev Hugh Nelson, the Bishop said. He gave no further details of what this would entail and how the project board woul...