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Diocese of : Statement of Needs 2021 CREDIT: Max Trafford ‘Love bade me welcome’ CREDIT: Sally Wilson CREDIT: Ash Mills

As a we are committed to the local They capture the hospitable heart of , with courage, vision and holiness to renew its Formed by the union of two ancient sees, All Church traditions find a home here and honouring the Five Guiding Principles, church and its ongoing evolution, with important aspects of which were worked out promise for a beloved place and its people. and , the removal of the we encourage service and growth rooted in and to the flourishing of the small new worshipping communities working in here in Salisbury – not only by Herbert, but Diocesan seat from to the new city prayerful attention to God’s call upon every number of with alternative partnership with the parishes that remain our contemporaries and , The Church in this Diocese continues to be of Salisbury some eight hundred years ago is a person. All ministries are valued equally, we episcopal oversight. core. In the church doorway of one of these, who defined our church’s breadth and reach: nurtured by extraordinarily deep roots, with historic precedent for our current readiness to nurture a culture of collaborative working St Andrew’s Bemerton, is etched the words not by its limits, but its centre in Christ. some of the longest continually inhabited places develop and grow. Even the old, eternal rocks at all levels. In this description, we hope to give a “Love bade me welcome” – composed by in Britain. Probably the earliest known image forming the world heritage site at clear, concise impression of the life of our former incumbent George Herbert, who Hope, writes St Paul, is our Christian inheritance: of Christ anywhere in the world is from the were rolled carefully into place. Stability in The ordained (and episcopal) leadership Diocese – its vision, setting, structures and lived opposite. a future handed down to us. The next Bishop floor of a Roman villa at Hinton St Mary and transition: a key task for the new Bishop will be of women is welcomed. We believe people – as the context in which our new of Salisbury will find this gospel to be our the Saxon Church here included women as to oversee the attachment of the deaneries of that our new Bishop will ordain women. Diocesan Bishop will lead us in writing tangible heritage – and will, we trust, lead us well as men in positions of authority. Jersey and Guernsey to the mainland Diocese. At the same time, we are committed to the next chapter in Salisbury’s story.

2 Statement of Needs 2021 3 “Bishops are called...... to lead God’s people in the way of holiness; Contents ...to feed God’s pilgrim people and so build up the body of Christ; ...to share the oversight of the Church; ...to love and pray for those committed to their charge, 5 Holy, Visionary, Courageous, Unifying, and Visible knowing their people and being known by them; ...to proclaim the gospel boldly, confront injustice and work for righteousness and peace in all the world.” 6 The Diocese of Salisbury needs… The Ordinal, Introduction to the Declarations 8 Who and where are we?

12 Life of the Diocese of Salisbury

22 Mission and Pastoral Plan Holy, Visionary, Courageous,

30 Schools, Children and Young people Unifying, and Visible

32 Financial framework and DBF Review The Diocese of Salisbury needs a Bishop who is HOLY, VISIONARY, COURAGEOUS, UNIFYING, AND VISIBLE

39 Conclusion: Our hope for the next • Who shares her/ his faith with others, • Who is approachable, inclusive, prayerfully, confidently and joyfully – HOLY and hospitable – UNIFYING 40 Our Diocesan team and offices • Who will discern new and emerging • Who will engage with people and possibilities for Christ’s service – VISIONARY communities locally, nationally, and globally – VISIBLE 41 Appendix • Who will inspire us to grow spiritually and numerically – COURAGEOUS

4 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 5 The Diocese of Salisbury needs…

A holy Bishop: A visionary Bishop: A courageous Bishop: A unifying Bishop: A visible Bishop:

A faithful disciple of Jesus Christ, grounded Valuing the local, working with colleagues, Unafraid to be Christ’s voice in the public Holding in creative tension the diversity An excellent preacher, ready to proclaim in their relationship with God and nurtured lay and ordained in mission and ministry square, confident that God is at work in it, of the Body of Christ in our Diocese; the Gospel of Christ, and a skilled by a life of Biblical study, public worship, across urban, rural, market and coastal in a manner that is engaging, compelling communicator, ready to share the prayer and reflection; town settings; and attractive; Listening to those inside, outside and on Diocesan story, with a variety of audiences the edges of our churches; and in a variety of media; Comfortable in themselves, manifestly a Integrating creatively our call to Reaching out to the Diocese including its person of integrity, bearing witness to the evangelism, our call to seek social children, young people, and others who are not Calling us together in worship and sending Willing to speak truth to power whenever love of Christ in all their relationships; justice, and our call to the care of creation well represented in or served by the Church; us out in mission, baptising and confirming she/ he needs to; (as embodied in the ’s new Christians, and commissioning and Honouring and enjoying the range of Five Marks of Mission) through a time Resilient and will build trust to make the tough ordaining new ministers; A catalyst for developing social capital in, theological traditions and political/ social of profound change in the Church and and potentially unpopular decisions about from, and through our churches, schools opinions that they will encounter here. the world; finance and deployment required to equip us Known by people throughout our Diocese and communities. for our current and future challenges; and being their pastor, taking particular Thinking and speaking theologically, care of the morale and wellbeing of their strategically, and creatively. Energetic and passionate for a complex fellow pastors; and demanding role; Able to model what it means to be a Committed to making the Church a safe community with Christ at its centre, setting place for all, taking seriously and responding a culture of collaborative working from appropriately to all allegations of abuse the heart of the Diocese. and working to address any issues through the Diocesan Safeguarding Team and the National Church Institutions.

6 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 7 434 Who and where are we? parishes

From the M4 to the Jurassic Coast – and But for those who are least well-off, issues of with the new attachment to the Channel inequality loom large. With some of the most Islands – the Diocese of Salisbury covers expensive properties in the world at Sandbanks most of the counties of and , and possibly the lowest earned incomes in the stretching into and Hampshire. While UK in Weymouth and Portland, life on the coast with predominantly rural, with these distinctive presents an extreme case of life throughout the CREDIT: Max Trafford challenges, there is a significant urban Diocese. A few are incredibly well-off; most are 573 population on the south coast around getting by; more than might be anticipated are churches and Weymouth, (whose populations swell struggling from day to day. considerably during the tourist and holiday season) as well as the larger county towns The Diocese also contains one of the oldest such as Trowbridge, and Salisbury itself. populations in the country, with an expectation that the percentage of older people will increase in Most of the Whilst many communities are relatively over the coming years. The need to curate dearly rural parishes affluent, our Diocese contains areas of serious loved traditions, while extending the mission 138 are grouped in benefices deprivation in both urban and rural areas. In and ministry of the Church to people and benefices of up to the countryside especially, this can be obscured places these may not reach, is one of the – not least by the beauty of the landscape. (often creative) tensions of ministry in Salisbury. 15 The population churches of the parishes ranges from a rural 50 to an urban 23,000

CREDIT: Ash Mills 50% of the people 90% of parishes live in 8% are rural CREDIT: Stuart Bexon CREDIT: Webb Aviation of the parishes

8 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 9 It has been remarked that the Church and the Recent government incentives for service military are the two principal institutions in personnel to buy houses, together with the our two main counties – and whilst inherited pandemic-prompted migration from the city Anglican faith is doubtless in decline, there to rural areas (and their improved broadband), is some truth in this observation. Military has led to a sudden increase in the number of presence is certainly important in both Dorset families in villages, especially around Salisbury and Wiltshire, with particularly strong impact on Plain. The rural community is changing and communities around . Lyneham the local church along with it. is the regimental headquarters of the Royal, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Tidworth, Military presence brings both youth and ethnic Netheravon, and Bulford Garrison form one diversity, as do the universities in of the nation’s ‘super-garrisons’, locating large and Poole. These institutions also attract other numbers of military personnel and their families industry and employment opportunities; with in the area. This brings a turnover of people Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole holding in the area and challenges for some schools ambitions to become ‘a city by the sea’ driving when cohorts of children move into or out economic growth, and having a similar of schools on a regular basis. impact on the northern parts of the Diocese.

Farming, food and tourism are key industries across the area, although the decline of Wiltshire bacon production in the north has meant some of The Diocese falls into the South-Western and parts of Wiltshire such as Trowbridge and future: we have high levels of employment, our market towns such as Trowbridge and regional grouping of . The new Westbury. We recognise that it is incumbent thriving technological and scientific have been left somewhat in search of a role. Bishop will have the opportunity to meet on the Church in all places to promote industries, and a vibrant arts scene. Our These are invariably pleasant places to live but regularly with episcopal colleagues from justice and respect across racial and ethnic civic society is engaged and purposeful, raise questions of common purpose and identity. across the region. As will be described later, difference, in responding to the biblical call with strong leadership. the importance of the partnerships that these to become a new people. In the Diocese of East/ west communications in the Diocese meetings offer is likely to grow as financial Salisbury this requires us to consider how our Our Bishop will need to be a visible presence are good, with road and rail services between pressures increase. advantages (globally, nationally and culturally) across the whole Diocese and will also London and the West Country. North/ south may empower and value those whose voices play a full role in civic life, his/ her peers links are more problematic, however, and it is Our population is predominantly White might otherwise be silenced. being political leaders, the Lieutenancy, the worth mentioning that, apart from a very short British, with the largest minority ethnic Shrievalty, and the leaders from the statutory stretch to the north of Marlborough (where the groups being of Gypsy and Traveller heritage. Our Diocese is an area of stunning services and charities across Wiltshire and M4 flanks our boundary), the Diocese contains Areas where diversity is greater include the landscapes, history and archaeology. This Dorset. All welcome the involvement of the no motorway. conurbations of Bournemouth and Poole, rich history has developed into a promising Bishop in civic occasions.

10 Diocese of Salisbury CREDIT: Karen Massel CREDIT: Alan P Jeans Statement of Needs 2021 11 “Pray, Serve, Grow works in all times and seasons, though sometimes the emphasis can shift. Pre-pandemic our parishes did a lot of serving and growing. During the pandemic we prayed much more and grew deeper in faith. In this transition time we are holding onto the Life of the deep prayer, serving wherever we can, and looking forward to growing in number once again.” Diocese of Salisbury Lydia Cook, Chair of Diocesan House of Clergy Our vision and the future challenge

We look forward to working with a new Bishop as that the vision remained robust and was we continue to discern where God is calling us. welcomed for its allowance of broad local interpretation and application. In light of this Since 2014 the Diocese has worked with a shared review, the Bishop’s Council and Synod in early vision, ‘Renewing Hope: Pray Serve Grow’, which 2020 sought to focus attention on the practices emerged from our engagement with three that enable growth, which were identified as: questions: For whom are you praying? Who are you serving? And How will you grow? • Develop discipleship and evangelism • Encourage dynamic and collaborative In 2017 the Diocese’s Strategic Development leadership Funded mission programme, Rural Hope, grew • Transform lives and communities from these questions, aiming to increase the faith of worshipping communities in rural areas. Naming these priorities was, in part, a way More information about this significant project of encouraging fruitful ways of working that is included below. are already taking place in churches, schools and communities across the Diocese, which An interim review of ‘Renewing Hope: Pray are even more valuable as the Church emerges Serve Grow’ was undertaken in 2019, showing from the pandemic.

12 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 13 “It has been my experience that all things can be worked by God into his creative and redemptive purposes.” CREDIT: Fancycrave1 Covid-19 Susan Howatch, novelist & former Close resident

As with all dioceses, Covid-19 has had a recent report ‘Levelling Our Communities’, significant impact upon our church life: in MP Danny Kruger noted as “We’ve got a long and trusted a sense both dislocating us (with closed exemplary the vital role played by one of record as advocates and brokers for churches and services and meetings our churches in galvanising such response social action, and concern for fairness, swiftly moving online, allowing new ways in that town. across our communities. Strong Nevertheless, we also know that the past worship suspended. The year has also at which Bishops and other senior staff led of working and worshipping together) relationships with local charities year has also brought great suffering and highlighted the urgent need to address in a open discussions in each deanery. These and also re-locating us in a new discovery Even with the challenges posed by schools and other community organisations, loss – not only through the virus itself, but strategic way the future of some of our historic were fruitful occasions and have contributed of neighbourhood and local welfare. closing, there was a sense that these had as well as with local authorities and in its impact on commerce, education, church buildings, especially where they are to a more integrated approach to Diocesan Wiltshire Community Foundation’s review strengthened school communities, allowing politicians, are the foundation for mental health and family breakdown. The becoming impossible to sustain, despite the strategic planning, focussing attention on the into the effects of the pandemic notes a them to put into practice their Christian the Bishop to be a focus of unity churches of this Diocese are by no means heroic efforts of volunteers. parishes’ experience of the pandemic and the reawakening of civic and community spirit, ethos and values, particularly in support of for the wider population, across immune from these effects, and for many, the urgent missional challenge before us. with generous responses of charitable vulnerable families. Positively, the closure many divides and needs.” pandemic has accelerated and exacerbated An opportunity to review these contrasting giving, foodbank donations and coordinated of schools had seen both pupils and parents the (already pressing) challenges of declining effects of the Coronavirus outbreak was Our new Bishop will bring their own gifts, ideas, community response – in many places appreciate them, the school community and Colin Brady, Social Justice and ageing congregations and the challenge taken in the autumn of 2020, in a series of and leadership, building on what we have coordinated by the local church. In his the education they receive, even more. Programme Manager of meeting the share with public Zoom meetings entitled ‘Beyond the Present’, already achieved to strengthen this initiative.

14 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 15 “As a Rural Field Officer, it is a great joy and a “With great power comes privilege to walk alongside rural multi-parish great responsibility. The people benefices, being a listening ear, a mission Safeguarding who are being most affected by enabler, encouraging teams to find new ways climate change, aren’t those to share God’s love in their communities. Safeguarding is the responsibility of the whole who contribute to it.” Rural Hope has enabled this vital work to Church. We expect the Bishop to provide 18-year-old Joe Brindle, be envisioned, enlivened and engaged in. visible leadership and overall responsibility speaking to Its widely valued and has certainly helped for safeguarding. Diocesan Synod to fire up the imagination for mission!” CREDIT: Andrew Crisp Following the outcomes of the recent IICSA Claire Horton, Rural Field Officer, report into the , the Diocese Sarum Archdeaconry continues in its absolute determination to do all that it can to ensure our churches and Environment Rural Hope church schools are safer places for everyone non-negotiable requirement that all licensed and reflect God’s love for each one of us in our and authorised ministers and parochial office and Net Zero Rural Hope began in 2017, with £1.3m of In support of rural mission, Rural Hope care for each other, particularly for children, holders undertake the training required of funding from the National Church’s Strategic funds four Rural Field Officers, one in each young people and those who are vulnerable. them and are positive advocates for strong We are committed to putting the environment Development Fund. This project’s two archdeaconry area, whose role is to work safeguarding practice. at the heart of all we do and are proud that the objectives are to foster collaborative ministry with local ministry teams in developing new This commitment extends to the church Diocese was the first to achieve Eco Diocese through building the capacity of rural leaders worshipping initiatives. They also work closely communities of the Channel Islands as the We are fortunate to have an excellent and status with a Bronze Award in November 2018 (both lay and ordained), and to support local with the Diocesan Mission Coordinator (some of formal legal process for them to become proactive Safeguarding team within the for our work in parishes and the Diocesan ministry teams in developing new forms of whose time is dedicated to Rural Hope) and with attached to Salisbury continues. As such, it is Diocese, whose quality of work is widely offices. The Diocesan Environment Working worship and discipleship. colleagues in the DBE. To continue this support an outworking of the Gospel that we embrace acknowledged both by neighbouring dioceses Group is continuing work towards achieving during the lockdowns, the RFOs have developed as an integral part of all that we do. It is a and the National Safeguarding Team. a Silver Award. In support of the first of these objectives, the two series of webinars offering expert input, programme funds the innovative Rural Ministry practical tips, and takeaway materials. 125 churches across the Diocese are now Training Pathway at which registered with the Eco Church scheme, with prepares Ordinands and LLM/ Reader trainees The challenges of rural ministry are well- 33 having attained Bronze Awards, 6 at Silver for the specific challenges of rural ministry documented. Our new Bishop will provide (including the Cathedral), and two (including and Thrive/ Flex training aimed at developing inspirational leadership to the Rural Hope Hilfield Friary) at Gold. collaborative practices in local ministry teams. project and oversee how we conclude it, Rural Hope has also developed a rural version integrating our learning into our Mission and A task group chaired by the of of the Ministry Experience Scheme to help Pastoral Plan, as we continue the vital work Sherborne is leading work towards meeting young Christians explore a potential calling of finding a sustainable approach to our the Church of England’s commitment to being to rural ministry. churches in the countryside. a ‘Net Zero’ organisation by 2030.

16 Diocese of Salisbury CREDIT: Pexels Statement of Needs 2021 17 The Cathedral has a proud history of musical and Salisbury Cathedral artistic excellence, and of liturgical innovation. It maintains a diverse and skilled Works Yard Salisbury Cathedral is one of the glories of Swindon Sports Partnership and others for imagination during the third lockdown, and and is aiming to achieve Eco Church Gold in 2021. England and, indeed, of our Diocese. The a city-wide celebration in 2020 of the 800th rightly became a sign of hope and resilience. It is a major visitor attraction in the region and Cathedral Close is a unique environment of anniversary of the move from Old Sarum. takes seriously its ministry to tourists and pilgrims. worship, residence and ministry, home not Those plans were interrupted by the onset To oversee Cathedral life, the and three It has recently appointed its first dedicated only to the Cathedral itself, but to Sarum of the pandemic, but the willingness to lead Residentiary Canons are joined by six lay and Minor for Young People. College and The South Canonry, home of and the spirit of collaboration persist and are ordained colleagues: this is the Chapter, in the Bishop of Salisbury. Our Diocesan offices even more urgent in the present climate. The whom governance and strategic direction Living in the Cathedral Close, the Bishop of Salisbury in Church House are also very nearby. potential of the Cathedral’s role in the city of the Cathedral are vested. Operational has regularly participated in our rhythm of prayer was made visible in our collaborating with the leadership sits with the Executive team, and worship. Uniquely, the Bishop has a prebendal The nerve-agent attack on Salisbury in 2018 Sarum South Primary Care network to host where lay directors of departments work stall in the Cathedral’s quire, as well as a , highlighted the need for the Cathedral to Salisbury’s first large-scale vaccination centre, with the Dean, the Residentiary Canons, and with the suffragan Bishops and play a significant role in leading and shaping treating over 25,000 of our neighbours. and the Chapter Clerk/ Executive Director is a member of the College of Canons. The College the city’s life. Throughout 2019 plans were The sight – and sound – of local residents and bring their considerable wisdom and comprises more than sixty lay people and priests made with Wiltshire Creative, the Salisbury being vaccinated to the accompaniment of experience to the daily tasks of leadership drawn from across the Diocese and beyond, all Business Improvement District, Wiltshire & inspiring organ music captured the nation’s and management. of whom are encouraged to be advocates for the Cathedral and to play a part in its life. Great Diocesan occasions – School Leavers’ Services, the CREDIT: Ash Mills Chrism Eucharist, Ordinations, and Confirmations – are celebrated in the Cathedral. The Cathedral is keenly aware of its role as the mother church and heart of Diocesan life.

“Let the voice of the The Chapter is working on a new strategic plan hymnist ring out frequent which values liberty, creativity and eternity: qualities and articulate, and shake made evident in our founding story 800 years ago, the lofty roof with and which we believe retain their place as the basis vigorous song.” for our mission. We have been early adopters of many of the constitutional changes contained in St , first Bishop the new Cathedrals Measure and will welcome of Sherborne, a new Bishop, who will also be our neighbour 639-709 CREDIT: William Pye CREDIT: Ash Mills and, we hope, our colleague and champion.

18 Diocese of Salisbury CREDIT: Ash Mills Statement of Needs 2021 19 Salisbury with the Sudans is important to the ratios in the world). Relief, development and provide a fruitful opportunity for our Diocesan ongoing success of the relationship. advocacy are likewise major preoccupations, new Bishop to meet and come to know and we work with Christian Aid and various colleagues from both Sudans, to sustain Partnerships Founded on mutual prayer and fellowship, NGOs, the wider Anglican Communion and UK and develop this life-giving partnership. the partnership is rooted in local deanery government and parliament to this end. The Salisbury-Sudans partnership – now links. It takes us out of our places of Other international Diocesan links also nearly fifty years in operation – is known comfort and complacency in challenging The Sudanese value visits to their countries flourish. We are linked to the Evangelical throughout the Church of England and much circumstances, demanding that we love our by clergy and lay supporters. The new Lutheran Church in Latvia, and to the of the Anglican Communion, and the support neighbours by making God’s love known in Bishop of Salisbury will be expected to Roman Catholic Diocese of Évreux. Both and sustained engagement of the Bishop of places of seemingly relentless tragedy and visit whenever circumstances allow – and the Archbishop of Latvia and the Bishop disaster, but thankfully, there is also hope in doing so, to work with Christian Aid of Évreux are ‘Sarum Canons’ of the and revelation. It is mutually beneficial. and other NGOs. Cathedral. Pre-pandemic, a new link was being forged with the Diocese of Our associations are with the two provinces It is hoped that during the forthcoming Haderslev in Denmark. Each of these CREDIT: Ash Mills of the Episcopal Churches of Sudan Lambeth 2022 Conference and in a pre- partnerships is overseen by a Diocesan and South Sudan – the ECS and ECSS, conference time of hospitality in Salisbury Committee, and we look forward to the respectively. These bonds are sustained and the wider Diocese, we can celebrate interest and energy that a new Bishop and grown by a blend of ongoing dialogue, our 50th anniversary – and that this may will bring to them. The Channel Christian fellowship and practical support. In our partnership, Salisbury has long had a Islands policy of inclusiveness, and this especially comes to the fore when we respond in The transfer of the two Channel Island support of their justice and peace initiatives deaneries of Guernsey and Jersey from and needs in natural and humanitarian their attachment to the Diocese of disasters and tribal conflicts. to the Diocese of Salisbury, recommended by the Archbishop’s The partnership addresses the practical Commission in 2019, was agreed by objectives of education and health care. General Synod in February 2020. Work This includes a focus on theological continues on completing the legal colleges and schools and an embryonic processes to effect the transfer. Episcopal University, and distribution of basic medicines and the training of health More information about the distinctive workers and midwives (South Sudan has life of the Channel Islands is available amongst the very highest maternal mortality CREDIT: Richard Budd CREDIT: Jane Shaw in the supporting papers.

20 Diocese of Salisbury CREDIT: Richard Budd Statement of Needs 2021 21 Mission & Pastoral Plan Our mission and ministry 1. National Mission Statistics for the Diocese of Salisbury in 2019 (compared with 2011 and excluding the Channel Islands): The Plan (found in the supporting papers) new Mission, Ministry and Communications is being developed by the Mission and Team, but for local conversations about Ministry Council of the Diocese to agree deployment and resourcing. strategic aspirations that can guide our resourcing of the local church over the next The priorities that we have identified are: All age average five years. The Plan aims at the growth 1. Clearer pathways to mission & ministry Worshipping weekly attendance of the local church during a time of crisis 2. Better care for those who serve Population of Community (that is, of national emergency, institutional 3. Stronger roots for the local church (which 963,000 21,700 decline and financial challenge) and will includes consideration of new financial 29,700 (30,700) “Through identifying our core strategic give a frame for the work, not only of the models and a strategy for church buildings) priorities we are able to focus our resources on supporting and enabling the local church to grow and be at the heart of serving their communities. The Plan encourages a All age average All age averages “That to every parish local conversation, empowering deaneries, Sunday attendance weekly school Electoral roll throughout the kingdom there is benefices and parishes to identify what is service attendance transplanted a germ of civilisation; In 2019 per percentage of population: 18,500 29,900 important to them so that together we grow that in the remotest villages (25,600) 5,400 (40,800) vocations, release lay ministry, resource there is a nucleus round which mission, care for those who serve whilst the capabilities of the place may developing a new framework for financing crystallise and brighten; this (we) The highest 3rd highest 3rd highest 3rd highest our work and managing our buildings.” cannot estimate at too high a price.” Easter Christmas Average Weekly worshipping Canon Jonathan Triffitt, Director attendance of attendance of attendance as community Christmas of Ministry and Mission Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1815 any diocese any diocese a percentage of engagement Easter attendance attendance (written while resident opposite population per population St Mary’s Church, Calne) 31,800 71,300 (43,000) (81,000)

22 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 23 2. Diocesan Ministry statistics (as at March 2021 and excluding the Channel Islands):

2 4 157 3 57 390 CREDIT: Ash Mills Suffragan Bishops Archdeacons incumbency status Pioneer Ministers Associate Priests Ministers with CREDIT: Salisbury Calling CREDIT: Salisbury Calling (1 female, 1 male) (2 female, posts (39 female, (1 female, 2 male) (36 female, Permission to 2 male) 98 male) 21 male) Officiate Vocations Candidates for licensed and commissioned ministries at March 2021: The Diocese of Salisbury seeks to provide a clear, trustworthy and efficient process for anyone wishing to explore a vocation to an authorised lay or ordained role. 61 93 16 253 724 19 There is a network of vocation mentors Licensed Lay LLM with PtO Commissioned Lay Worship Lay Pastoral deaneries who can work in their locality at raising 31 9 7 11 Ministers Lay Pioneers Leaders Assistants the vocational temperature. with vocations with LLM with the DDO attending Bishop’s advisers advisers team Advisory Panels this spring Our vocations strategy starts with the local call of Christ, who sends us out in his name, to serve church and world according to our gifts. SEPT The Vocations Team (based at Church House) 2021 prioritises working with leaders at every level of the Diocese to recognise and affirm 15 25 36 15 134 434 573 2 everybody’s call to grow the Kingdom of God. expected to currently in curates in Lay Worship Leaders/ benefices parishes churches Bishop’s Mission The practice of being involved in the missio dei start training in pre-ordination training Lay Pastoral Assistants Orders in a locality is widely recognised as a seedbed September 2021 training in training for vocations as well as discipleship in the local church.

24 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 25 “As a home-grown ordinand who “I am immensely blessed to be returned to serve their title post and is a rural chaplain working in such an now an incumbent within the Diocese, amazing place as Dorset. The angel I have always found the Diocese of Salisbury commissioned Lay Pastoral Assistants to assist said, “I bring you good news that will Ordained and Lay Ministry to have the feel of a loving family, where with the work of the local church and within cause great joy for all people”. I feel one is nurtured and deeply cared for, both the last six years introduced commissioned Lay that God is calling us all to do exactly of a medieval cathedral) is now Bishop of . The Diocese values lay and ordained ministries by the senior leadership and your peers. Worship Leaders. Locally run courses using an that, not just to farmers, but to Dame Sarah Mullaly became the Bishop of equally and aims for all to thrive in their God-given Occasions such as the Chrism Eucharist and off-the-shelf course enable individuals called to those near where we live.” after being the Canon Treasurer at Salisbury callings; it seeks to encourage a culture of shared Clergy Day vividly display that sense of family, this ministry to be trained and supported. We now Cathedral, and is now the . lay and ordained working and leadership at all levels. with a genuine feeling of celebration and have around 900 LWLs and LPAs, commissioned Revd Richard Kirlew, The Rt Revd was the Archdeacon the gathering of friends, as we rejoice in every three years, who are subject to DBS and Lead Rural Chaplain, Sherborne of Wilts before becoming the . In recent years, the Bishop of Salisbury has acted our partnership in the Gospel.” Diocesan safeguarding training. Deanery Rural Chaplaincy as sponsoring Bishop to candidates for ordained ministry from across the whole Diocese. This has All the traditions of the Church of England are Revd Andy Muckle, Vicar of In 2019 a course was developed to train Lay given the Bishop a valuable link to the life of the present in the Diocese and we encourage the West Moors, Dorset Pioneers and the first cohort of 16 has since parishes, and a chance to know and be known flourishing of all. Pre-pandemic, there were been commissioned. We hope to develop Chaplaincy by the ordinands. more than 140 new worshipping communities, pioneering ministry further, building on the and there are notable areas of numerical and excellent work of our Pioneer Hub which is Chaplaincy in the Diocese is overseen by As noted above, we value the ordination of women spiritual growth across the Diocese. Where there Releasing and developing Lay Ministry is a vital part of Poole Missional Communities. the and supported by and their episcopal leadership. In recent times, is intentional outreach, churches are growing; aspect of our work. On appointment, the Bishop others in the Diocesan Board of Education three of our female church leaders have become many churches are prioritising engagement of Sherborne was given responsibility for leading The Diocese enjoys a good partnership with Sarum and Mission, Ministry and Communications Bishops. The Rt Revd , former Dean of with their local communities and are growing in this area, which has been much appreciated. College for the training of Licensed Lay Ministers Team. We have around 50 full and part-time Salisbury (and the first woman appointed as dean in number and impact as a result. For a long time, the Diocese has trained and (Readers). Two years ago, Sarum launched a paid chaplains working across the Diocese, two-year course which our candidates enjoy, and an increasing number of volunteer clergy alongside colleagues from Bath and Wells Diocese. and lay chaplains working in a wide variety This added flexibility has markedly improved the of contexts: prisons, schools, the police, air “In a largely rural diocese with number of enquirers for this ministry, which had ambulance, universities, healthcare, law several large multi-parish benefices, been declining. Eight candidates are currently courts, among the farming community and lay ministers are essential, working discerning their calling to this ministry and seven with Gypsies and Travellers. alongside their ordained colleagues. are being licensed this September. At all levels great value is placed Chaplaincy is an important area of our ministry on collaborative ministry, and lay There is much potential, and the development development and we are currently exploring ministry is recognised for its intrinsic of local lay training hubs across the Diocese is the possibilities of commissioning lay chaplains worth, being different from ordained being considered, which would include the training and how we can continue to develop and ministry but not inferior to it.” of parish officers and foundation governors. expand this ministry in partnership with the These will, we trust, foster a growing practice local church, the DBE and organisations and Judy Anderson, of collaboration in ministry and mission. institutions across the Diocese. CREDIT: Simon A Evans Associate Warden of LLMs

26 Diocese of Salisbury CREDIT: Ash Mills Statement of Needs 2021 27 “I am delighted to be an Clergy wellbeing The last survey, delayed slightly by Covid, Ordinand in a diocese that nurtures took place last autumn. The survey and promotes associate ministry. We have made a priority of ‘better care showed that clergy wellbeing has held up My training is part parish, part Sarum for those who serve’ in recognition of the remarkably well despite the pandemic. College based, and flexible to the needs particular and often acute demands ministry Indeed it has improved by a small but of those of us in secular employment. places upon us. significant amount since 2016. However I am excited that associate ministers will there is a small but significant group whose play a vital role in the future of ministry The Diocesan Clergy Wellbeing Group, wellbeing remains a cause for concern. and mission in Salisbury Diocese.” convened by one of the Archdeacons, has the role of developing an understanding of Recognising that one size does not fit all, Sarah Keen, Ordinand the professional and personal needs and we offer a suite of resources including experience of clergy, and the local and wider confidential counselling, Reflective Practice cultural trends that affect the context in Groups, mentoring for all those in their Sarum College which they work. The Diocese surveys post of first responsibility, and a network The Bishop is a foundation trustee of Sarum Postgraduate programmes are validated by the CREDIT: Ash Mills clergy on their wellbeing every four years. of spiritual accompaniers. CREDIT: Ash Mills College, which was founded in 1995 and in University of Winchester and there is a small recent years has gained a significant national research community engaged in both consultation and international reputation for its learning and doctoral study. The Winchester MA course Ministry offer, as well as its innovative programming, has recently been re-validated and received Continuing Ministerial Development under the leadership of the current Principal, high commendations from external examiners. Development Canon James Woodward. It is a place of With changing demands upon ministers, our of commissioned ministry. The Bishop hosts hospitality that draws into Salisbury a wide The Diocese is also part of the South Central professional development must also change to a residential Clergy Conference (with the next Review range of individuals and groups. Regional Training Partnership which works meet the challenges of our time. The Diocese scheduled for 10th – 16th July 2023) and in together in training and other areas, and where runs a programme of Continuing Ministerial the interim there are annual Clergy Days at All licensed clergy are offered a meeting with Sarum College offers a range of ministry formation the Bishop is one of the Partners. Development (CMD) available to all clergy, which all clergy in licensed ministry have the a member of the Bishop’s Staff (normally their programmes validated by the University of LLMs and those in commissioned ministries opportunity to gather. ) six months after starting Durham. In a recent Church of England Inspection We hope that the new Bishop of Salisbury will as well as retired clergy and LLMs. in a new post. After this, reviews are held Report this work was commended thus: “We were recognise the enormous potential for Sarum We also hold Archdeaconry Days each year on every eighteen months and rotate between a impressed by almost everything we saw and heard College to contribute to learning and effective We are developing a more in-depth partnership topics of relevance to all. The widespread move meeting with a member of the Bishop’s Staff about the College, and especially by its clear sense mission in the Diocese, as well as being a unique with Sarum College for the delivery of CMD to online engagement in the last year is offering and a peer reviewer. Peer reviewers can be of community, shared purpose and values; its clear and valuable resource from the Diocese to the which sits alongside events such as Quiet Days, new opportunities to develop online learning either ordained or lay and training is provided educational vision and commitment to outreach”. wider Church, and a place of warm hospitality Mental Health First Aid, individual speakers and resources which, we trust, will equip all to their taking on the role. The scheme This work includes expertise in theological and learning opportunities for local, national and tailored events for those in each category ministries to serve the emerging church. CREDIT: Ash Mills is administered by the Bishop’s Office. reflection, online pedagogy and rural mission. and international visitors, pilgrims and seekers.

28 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 29 Inspired by God’s words to Moses, we live • In believing the DBE has a out his presence in showing his goodness, place in shaping the culture Confirmations in 2019 Schools, Children and Young People his compassion and his mercy. These of the Church; characteristics of God’s presence are at our • In developing community hubs heart, in any and all of these scenarios: which bring together the church The Diocese is proud of its Board of 20 multi-academy trusts, educating 42,000 In our SDBE Strategic Plan 2018 – 2023, we and community leaders in Education, which is recognised as a pioneer children. The DBE team comprises Trustees express the aim to support the creation • In the middle of the most complex school market towns to respond to By Age Males Females of excellence in the national Church. and 17 staff. The staff team plays a significant of ‘confident, effective church schools improvement challenges; the voice of children; – 12 21 35 role in regional and national leadership. and academies that are deeply Christian, • In being an advocate for Headteachers • In placing children and young 12 – 15 years 117 203 The Salisbury Diocesan Board of Education belonging at the heart of the church and with the DfE; people as leaders of today in our 16 – 19 years 20 34 (formed in 1830) works with determination The Director of Education is a member of the community – serving society’s common good’. • In disrupting the status quo and radically Diocese, not just of tomorrow! 20 + 41 67 and deep intention, to support the spiritual Bishop’s Staff and there is a close partnership shaping the multi-academy trust Total 199 339 development of children and young people between the DBE and the DBF within the life The DBE vision, shaped by our Trustees, landscape; The Bishop has the joyful in church schools and their parishes. In the of the Diocese: the Bishop’s Council and the staff team, schools, parishes and children is • In proclaiming Foundation Governance responsibility of confirming young Diocese there are 194 church schools and Trustees of the DBE meet annually. to ‘Live out God’s Transforming Presence’. to be ministry within our Diocese; and old into the Christian faith. 34 The total number of confirmation “At Pitton CE VA Primary services for 2019 School we take our vision from John chapter 10 verse 10, “My values for the Church would be – ‘Life in all its fullness’ – trust (so you can rely on each other we value Friendship, Family in difficult situations); creative (and and Fulfilment.” appealing/ fun for all); inclusive (of all different ages, backgrounds and races), Emma Wilkinson, global (with a worldwide vision).” Head Teacher, Pitton CE VA Primary School One of our Diocesan representatives on the National Younger Leadership Groups

30 Diocese of Salisbury CREDIT: Steve Dewar Statement of Needs 2021 31 Income and Expenditure in 2020 Financial framework and DBF Review – where does the money come from and go to? The Diocese of Salisbury is committed to moving were all launched in 2019. Much of this has incorporated) Board of Education as they seek to to sustainable finances and out of operational been implemented with new ways of working improve efficiency and serve the local church and Income: Expenditure: deficit. Because of this, the Mission and Pastoral being adopted and a significant IT investment school communities in an integrated fashion. Plan is being integrated with a sustainable five- undertaken. In 2020 all Diocesan posts were year financial framework for the Diocese, with reviewed, with new roles and teams ensuring Partnership and collaboration are at a premium. the budget for each year being agreed with Synod we work in ways responsive to these reviews. Given the range of professional skills needed to in response to the longer-term trends of income We are working towards a 10% reduction in support the statutory and missional functions of and expenditure. central staffing costs. the Diocese, we are close to the point at which, at least in some areas, we cannot afford to work Reviews of Diocesan work in mission and Further work is ongoing and increasingly includes alone. Collaboration and the sharing of resources ministry by church and school, of property and a trend towards sharing staff resources with other across the region and a close partnership with glebe management, of IT systems, giving and dioceses and deepening collaboration between services provided at the national level will, we fundraising, communication and Diocesan offices the Board of Finance and (the separately feel sure, characterise our future.

Every £1 comes from... Every £1 is spent on… Income and Expenditure 66p Giving from parishes – Fairer Share 66p Stipends, pension and housing for clergy and curates £13.0m 12p National Church, donations, grants, parochial fees 10p DBE grant, Registry, Auditors, SDBF BC Ltd expenses and Other year ended 31.12.2020 Income 11p Deficit funded by sale of investments and houses 9p Other services: Church Buildings (DAC), Pastoral Reorganisation, – operating deficit £1.5m 6p Investment income Trusts, Finance, Fundraising, Parish Support, IT, HR £14.5m 5p Rent from vacant houses; fee income from SDBF BC Ltd 8p Mission and Ministry Team, Ordinands and Area Offices Expenses 7p National Church, including training of curates

32 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 33 + £4m 5-year deficit Operating deficit Operating at a deficit is not a new thing. Looking back to 2016 the total deficit -£5m over 5 years has been £5m financed by: Sale of Investments • Sale of investments £4m Our financial resources • Coronavirus loan £2.5m • Net sale of houses £400k The Diocese is well served by a strong an initial Five-year Financial Framework was • Net decrease creditors (£200k) + Finance and Asset Management Team drawn up and agreed at Diocesan Synod £7.4m • Increase in cash £1.7m end of 2020 which has continued to work effectively in February 2020 as a way of moving the to ensure liquidity for 2021 from home during the period of the Diocese back to a balanced budget. pandemic. Oversight and governance are Buy Houses exercised through a series of committees The strategy to close the deficit gap depends that include Finance, Investment, Audit on a limited reduction in stipendiary clergy and Risk, HR and Remuneration, reporting and increasing parish share contributions. Sell Houses ultimately through to Bishop’s Council Owing to the pandemic, it was not possible and Synod. to hold a planned stewardship campaign to encourage generous giving as soon as - A balance sheet of £126m (year-end 2019) we had hoped. £7m would suggest Salisbury to be a reasonably wealthy Diocese. However, of this figure, The operating deficit has further widened £94m is held in clergy housing, and £32m in 2020 and whilst the figures remain to in largely restricted glebe and investment be finalised at the time of writing, this is Cash increase Coronavirus Loan funds. This presents the familiar challenge likely to be in the region of £1.5m. by end of church assets being largely bound up in £1.7m land and property, the disposal of which Forecasts at this stage in the year suggest of 2020 presents significant challenges for our the situation will further deteriorate (including £0.2m movement ongoing mission and ministry. in 2021 with a deficit forecast for the in creditors) current year of £1.9m, further exacerbated + The Diocese ran at an operating deficit in by a smaller number of vacancies £2.5m both 2018 and 2019, and as a result of this, than forecast.

34 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 35 Balance sheet 31.12.2020: Balance sheet 31.12.2020: £125.7m Unrestricted £2.0m – Church House; Holdings Salient points £2.8m – Investments £1.4m – Net Current Assets (NCA) The position is being temporarily covered to remove volatility, and by way of a discount Until this year, established posts for • 97% of our balance sheet is restricted (£2.5m) – Coronavirus loan through the sale of assets, including a bond for regular payment. stipendiary clergy in the Diocese have or endowed portfolio and a number of clergy houses that remained at a fairly consistent level over 3% are no longer required. A Covid loan The system is complex, but it has been in recent years, but a reduction of 4 posts • £93.6m is tied up in houses of £2.5m to ease cashflow was taken out place for many years and since support was agreed for 2021 and a commitment £3.7m in 2020 which is repayable over 6 years. through share payment has been at a high to a further reduction of 5 posts in 2022 • Most liquid are the equity investments level (97%+) there has been a reluctance to will help to ease the financial pressures totalling £18.8m but restrictions on Diocesan finances at the current time are change it, although (prior to the pandemic) in due course. use of £16m therefore stretched. Our relative wealth a project was initiated to review and update Restricted makes us ineligible for sustainability funding the system. This remains on hold. The shape of clergy deployment will now be • Current assets in General fund do not £20.0m – 64 Curates and Other houses from National Church. The numbers of those determined by the Mission and Pastoral Plan cover the bank loan and will require £5.3m – Investments contributing to parish share are in steady Count numbers have been in gradual decline launched in 2020, and close working on this use of cash from other funds £1.7m – NCA and liabilities decline. There is a hesitancy to make too- over a number of years and the financial between the Bishop’s Staff and the Finance hasty significant cuts to stipendiary clergy burden on fewer and fewer parishioners has team will ensure the financial implications of • £1m deficit = sale of 3 Curates houses deployment at this stage. We are seeking to led to acute pressures in some parishes. all future deployment plans are considered 22% ensure any reductions are led by an integrated at an early stage. • CV loan repayment over 6 years: £27m approach with reference to the Mission and Nonetheless, those unable to pay remain in a interest 1.71% over base Pastoral Plan. We have started the journey small minority, and even through the challenges There is a significant financial challenge of change and the next Bishop will need to of 2020 the Diocese was able to receive 89.6% before us: the arrival of our new Bishop be prepared to lead significant changes. of the share requested, which was a generous will provide a timely opportunity for a Endowments and encouraging response. re-appraisal of the current Diocesan £71.6m – 168 Vicarages & Benefice Houses 80% of our Diocesan income needs to come financial position and our plans underway £12.4m – 141 Glebe Land from parish share, which is allocated through We are in the concluding stages of the transfer to address this. £10.7m – Investments the Fairer Share system. This is based on of the Channel Islands, such that they will £0.3m – NCA; Clergy Pension Liability (£682k) an annual count of church attendance, become attached to the Diocese of Salisbury. We will look to our new Bishop for strong a “category” adjustment reflecting the The financial ramifications of that move are leadership in achieving our financial parish’s relative ability to pay, and various being addressed with a commitment on all sides objectives, and who will support the 75% adjustments: for clergy deployment, to a neutral financial impact on the Diocese. teams working on them. £95m 36 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 37 Giving campaign The Diocese of Salisbury in context One of the reviews undertaken in National Church Report 25.06.2020 – ranking out of 41 dioceses 2019 was of giving and generosity in the Diocese. Building on this review, and drawing upon the resources of the National Church, a giving campaign is planned for the autumn of 2021 (somewhat delayed by the pandemic). Average planned CREDIT: Andrew Crisp Attendance giving per person CREDIT: bishsherborne Much preparatory work during per capita per week 2020 has focused on addressing 2.3% £10 foundational issues around giving 4th highest mechanisms. However, the campaign 27th highest will be a way to move the conversation on, looking at generosity and giving Population Conclusion: Our hope for the in a more holistic fashion, as a core 958,000 aspect of our discipleship and ministry. 28th next Bishop of Salisbury The campaign seeks to equip every church in the Diocese to actively “Oh come! For thou dost engage their congregation on the Five rivers converge on its cathedral city: the whether they possess the qualities and skills know the way. topic of giving and generosity and Diocese of Salisbury has similarly been a place required for the task, but we believe that a Or if to me thou wilt encourage those who are able to of confluence in the English Church, with a particular blend is needed at this time. not move, increase their giving. Clergy per Giving as % central role in the framing of Anglican faith, its Remove me, where 10,000 people of income liturgy, doctrine, and practice of local ministry. We hope that our next ‘Pastor unto pastors’ I need not say.” 2 2.9% will be someone of vision, courage and George Herbert, poet & 2nd highest 36th highest These currents carry us forward and not back, holiness of life, who will be a visible and however – and we are called to fresh hope and inspiring presence in our Diocese, leading us of Bemerton, 1633 new ways of prayer, service and growth. Most into unity and growth. We trust in the call who are called to the office of Diocesan Bishop of God: to the Bishop of his choosing, and will (and, perhaps, should) feel misgiving as to to this place.

38 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 39 “A Bishop is a minister of God, unto whom with permanent Our Diocesan team and offices continuance there is given not only power of administering the Word and Sacraments, but also a further power to ordain ecclesiastical persons, and a power to be by way of a Pastor even unto Pastors themselves.”

Staff Richard Hooker, 1597, written while Rector of Boscombe and Sub-Dean The Bishop’s Staff comprises two at Salisbury Cathedral Suffragan Bishops, the , four Archdeacons, the Deans of Jersey and Guernsey, the Director of Education and the Diocesan Secretary.

We have an office team working with the Bishop at South Canonry, a team The South Canonry Church House The Diocesan at Church House led by the Diocesan Secretary, a team at the separately The South Canonry is the home and office Church House is located in the heart of Education Centre incorporated Board of Education led of the Bishop of Salisbury. It is a gracious Salisbury, on the banks of the River Avon by the Director, and two mainland house in a quiet corner of The Close, and close to shops and restaurants. The purpose-built DEC is situated on the outskirts Area Offices and Island Deanery with its own chapel and excellent spaces of Salisbury. As well as accommodating the Appendix: Offices in Guernsey and Jersey for entertaining and hospitality, and has The key purpose of those working within Diocesan Board of Education’s 17 staff and working with the Archdeacons traditionally been a place for gatherings Church House is to serve the mission visiting DBF colleagues, it is also a conference, and Suffragan Bishops. and fundraising for many causes, welcoming and ministry of the Diocese both at course and meeting venue. For Bishop’s Staff Profiles, people from across the Diocese as well parochial level and centrally by providing click here. as further afield. It backs onto the water high quality, efficient and cost-effective Over the last several years the DBE staff have become meadows and has a lovely garden and services to parishes and local communities a worshipping community, seeking to understand an abundance of wildlife. within our Diocese. how they can discern God’s will for their work – supporting the spiritual leadership of school leaders and the spiritual development of school children.

40 Diocese of Salisbury Statement of Needs 2021 41 The Diocese of Salisbury, serving and resourcing the local church. Inspiring and encouraging a thriving Christian presence in every community.

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