What Happened ! – A personal view byJohn Kennaugh
"It is a brave man (or women) indeed who applies for the job of Oversight Minister. Apart from having to spread his services thinly among many Churches his only means of trying to implement the aspirations of those above is persuasion – he has no sanctions. PCCs are made up of a complex mix of people whose only essential qualification is a willingness to volunteer. The phrase “herding cats” springs to mind. In the case of my own Deanery – East Wivelshire – two of the three Oversight Ministers have just resigned after about a year in the job. " John Kennaugh Keen readers of this blog will remember a thought-provoking post back in March this year by a Church Treasurer in east Cornwall . What is going on? John Kennaugh asked. Six months on, John has written another article - 'What happened?' - this time about bureaucracy and Oversight Ministry, which will be debated at this coming Saturday's deanery synod. In 1955 , a chap called Pro...