This information is sourced from the Diocese and CofE websites during May and June 2014.
Where I have added subjects which I couldn't find in the source documents and pages then these are in red font.
This is the 2nd weekly Wednesday post on #cofestrategy and the idea is you can use it as a prompt for possible subjects your strategy might cover.
The 1st post in this series was Strategy Headline Statements – a summary of key words each diocese uses.
The 2nd post (this) was Strategy Subject Checklist - a summary of key subjects covered by diocese strategy.
The 3rd post was on Strategy Measures - a summary of those used by the various diocese strategy.
The 4th post was on Strategy Best Practice - 10 thoughts to ponder.
The 5th post was a Summary of each diocese strategy with links to key documents and websites
The 6th post was a Selection of the graphics & analogies used in some of the diocese strategy
The 7th post was Theology/thinking behind some of the various cofe strategy - with links to documents
Church
- Spiritual & Numerical Growth
- Prayer & the Holy Spirit
- Mission & Evangelism
- Disciples and Pilgrims
- Rules of Life
- Environment
- Different forms of worship and church community
- Small Groups
- Seasons and Festivals
- Faith, Justice, Mercy, Humility, Hope, Freedom, Compassion, Love
Co-operation & Engagement
- Your local community & schools
- Other churches and faiths
- The poor, the weak, the disadvantaged
- The rich, the strong, the advantaged
- Children, Teenagers, Young Adults, Young Families
- Disability, Mental Health
- Sports, Creative Arts
- Social Media
Resourcing
- Teaching, Training, Development and Nurture (initial and lifelong)
- Leadership
- The number and types of lay and ordained ministry and how they are deployed and structured
- Income, Stewardship, Parish Share
- Mission opportunity funding
- Use and maintenance of church buildings and the issue of closures
- Diocese support/service to parishes
Planning
- 5 marks of mission
- Mission/Growth Action Planning
- Diocese/Deanery oversight and support to parishes
- Participation, Empowerment, Collaboration, Consultation, Communication, Feedback
- Accountability and Responsibility
- Change, Flexibility and Decision Making
- Strategy measures, timescales, review/audit and update
