Ouch! Penwith Deanery plan stumbles at first fence as Rural Dean post to be re-advertised
Penwith Deanery's radical On The Way deanery plan has stumbled at the first fence as the national advertisement for a rural dean to oversee its implementation only attracted one applicant. This is a bit of an embarrassment for Truro's Episcopal College. The post will be re-advertised - and possibly rewritten, according to local sources. The original ad sought an incumbent with almost super human powers - click here to read the job description. The new Rural Dean would be priest of three churches (Gulval, Madron and Heamoor) while overseeing the implementation of a controversial restructuring plan creating two super parishes - east Penwith and west Penwith - and simultaneously hiring a flotilla of new posts in an extensive 'support team'. So no wonder just one applicant. On The Way confusion as diocesan leadership fails Across west Cornwall and beyond, congregations are confused and uncertain as the diocese fails to make the way forward clear and engage in adequate c