Cracks in Kerrier Deanery Plan acknowledged: Diocese advertises for Pastoral Priest
At last: an acknowledgement from the Diocese of Truro that its controversial plans for Kerrier Deanery are unworkable and more pastoral support is needed from clergy. An advertisement in today's Church Times seeks an 'Interim Pastoral Priest' intended to help to fill the inevitable gap left by just one Rural Dean and a Pioneer Priest overseeing more than 20 scattered rural churches. Click here to read the job description. Click here to read the original Kerrier On The Way Deanery Plan (the Diocese has been unable to recruit several of the lay worker positions. The plan talks of 23 churches: the job description lists 21). Key points follow.... Archdeacon Clive Hogger starts by introducing the highly controversial Oversight Ministry model which, he says is 'equipping the lay and ordained leaders and the people in the parishes to work together as a team'. Oversight Ministry is a concept introduced by the Diocese of Truro following its restructuring process known ...