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- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
30 diocesan consultations later: Church seeks new vision
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article39204
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Ministry Mailer
- Date
- 1994 August
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 15
- Notes
- "'Preparing the Way', the strategic planning process that will make recommendations to the next General Synod. consulted with all Canadian dioceses in the first half of this year [1994]. A remarkable degree of consensus around a number of key points emerged: We will be smaller and must focus our resources. - The way we understand leadership is changing ....". "The 'Beginners', the task group that oversees 'Preparing the Way', developed four options to place before the National Executive Council in May [1995]. They were not intended to represent proposals for action, but to outline some clear choices for NEC's discussion. Option 1: Continue to work at the same priorities but with reduced funding ... Option 2: Build on national strengths: world partnerships, social justice, information and financial development services ... Option 3: Address fundamental issues facing the church in Canada, in partnership with dioceses ... Option 4: Reduce to bare essentials ...". "NEC rejected Option 1 as 'status quo' and asked for further development on the other three. Options 2 and 3 present a clear by unpalatable choice between focusing on international mission or domestic mission -- each at the expense of the other. Members tried in various ways to combine the two, but realized this would put us back to the status quo -- as someone observed: 'two plus three equals one'. Option 4 received little enthusiasm, but members felt it should not be eliminated at this point. Dioceses and national committee members are now being asked for further comments. NEC is expected to select a single option (for recommendation to General Synod) when it meets in November [1994]".
- Subjects
- Preparing the Way
- The Beginners
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Anglican Church of Canada - Dioceses
- Anglican Church of Canada. National Executive Council
An inoffensive church
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article15453
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1994 March
- Volume
- 120
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 20
- Notes
- Editorial commenting on the strategic planning process and people's perceptions of the ACC.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - 20th century
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Anglican Church of Canada - Government
- Social justice - Anglican Church of Canada
'Are you ready ?'
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article42737
- Author
- Singh, Graham (Graham Andrew), 1977-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2020 June
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2020 June
- Volume
- 146
- Issue
- 6
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- "As a pandemic rings in dramatic changes across the world, Canadian churches will face long-deferred decisions -- but some signposts point us to glory". https://bit.ly/2ySLRzQ
- "Visit anglicanjournal.com for more Anglican perspectives. From finding strength in the Psalms to the post-pandemic future of the church".
- "God’s people have held on through the ages, and we’re going to hold on now! Our buildings, however, might not make it. We’ve known this for about 40 years. Of Canada’s 15,000 churches with buildings, some 5,500 reported financial operating deficits over at least one of the past few years. This number is set to triple in 2020. And with the arrival of COVID-19, one must (and we are obligated to) wonder: What about 2021? What can you hold on to, what should you let go of and what is the shape of what might be coming after? How as parishes and dioceses will you respond to the swarming property ravens ready to claw up vulnerable churches? Herewith are several areas of thought". "First, our buildings must be deeply shaped by more than our current forms of worship. We know we need to “share our space.” "Second, we need a totally new financing model for doing this." "Third, WWCD. What would Cranmer do? We must begin with repentance. This repentance needs to be in front of secular charities, municipalities and our children, who are deeply angry with us." "Fourth, what kind of leaders do we need for this task? I daresay, it is not clergy." "Fifth, if we release the false idolatry of our buildings, church might actually be more effective and more fun. What if we could use our buildings, but not be controlled by them? What if we could be prime tenants in our own historic spaces?" "Sixth, stop blaming the bishops, archdeacons, left-wingers or right-wingers."
- Subjects
- COVID-19 (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- COVID-19 (Disease) - Economic aspects
- Church buildings - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Finance
- Anglican Church of Canada - Structure
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Organizational change - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
A call to do things differently
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article38289
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 March
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 March
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 1, 8
- Notes
- "Less reliance on standing committees and more on task forces, a review of the size and function of General Synod, increased partnership with dioceses and other churches, an 'overhaul' of the national church's communications strategy and a review of the national stewardship initiative. These are but a few of the wide-ranging as well as immediate and long-term, changes that were identified in the national consultation convened by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Jan. 8 to 10 [2013] in Mississauga, Ont. Forty participants gathered 'to identify desirable changes in the structures and roles by which the Anglican Church of Canada carries out its ministry in the service to God's mission', as mandated by the General Synod strategic plan, Vision 2019. Participants included lay, clergy and bishops from all regions of Canada, and various generations, as well as representatives from the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)". "Proposed changes will have 'no immediate implications' for General Synod staff, but Hiltz said adjustments are to be anticipated over time because of General Synod's 'financial realities' and the commitment made by CoGS to a balanced budget for 2014".
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod
- Anglican Church of Canada - Structure
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Anglican Church of Canada - Finance
- Budget - Anglican Church of Canada
The changing face of church: Across the Anglican Church of Canada, buildings are closing and congregations merging, or even meeting in houses. What will Sunday morning look like in the years to come ?
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article42350
- Author
- Kidd, Joelle
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2020 January
- Author
- Kidd, Joelle
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2020 January
- Volume
- 146
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 10-11
- Notes
- "On October 2, 2019, the congregants and friends of St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Fruitvale, B.C., took a last look at the building that had served them well over the years. .... Since then, however, the congregation has continued to meet, first in public parks and gardens throughout the summer months, and now in one of four parishioners' houses (the location rotates weekly)" (p. 10). "Today Archbishop Nicholls, from her vantage point as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, still sees home churches as a viable alternative for congregations unable to maintain their buildings. 'I think our preoccupation with buildings has been to our detriment', she said in an interview with the 'Anglican Journal'. 'I'm not saying we don't need buildings -- absolutely, we need some, but do we need as many as we have ?'" (p. 10). "Since they began meeting in houses, [deacon the Rev. Elizabeth] Lewis says church members seem happy. 'We still have a community spirit, and we're still known in the community here'" (p. 10). "Still, though the congregation hopes to one day have some kind of regular accommodation to worship in, says [the Rev.] Douglas [Lewis]. 'We had 15 groups that used the facility, and we had to evict them all because it had to close. So we regret all of that.' ... Groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, Girl Guides, a food pantry -- even a local blues band that needed practice space -- all used to rent space in the church. In a village with few community centres -- the only other available space is a large hall with not small meeting rooms -- the church building's loss is being felt" (p. 10).
- "Such new ways of doing church could be important trends in the years to come, says the Rev. Judy Paulsen, professor of evangelism at Wycliffe College and former parish priest in Oshawa" (p. 10). "When you start to study change theory, it's always from the margins. .. If you have some kind of organism that is exposed to a change of environment, it's always the organisms on the edge, on the margins, that sort of begin to be able to adapt, and I think you see signs of this in organizational life as well .. things that are brand new that nobody thought of. And then suddenly those are the things that thrive when everything else is going belly-up" (p. 10).
- "A far more common practice for congregations struggling with mounting financial obligations, aging buildings, or dipping attendance numbers is the church merger. In recent years, many Anglican churches around the country have joined congregations with others nearby, or even with local Lutheran churches" (p. 10). In August of this year [2019], the parish of St. Martin's in Chester Basin, N.S., merged its four congregations into a single church: Grace Anglican Church. According to church wardens Doug Ridgewell and Donna MacKinnon, the merging process began years ago when the parish began holding Reimagining Church discussions, workshops intended to get congregations thinking creatively about mission" (p. 11). "[F]or those that continue to attend, the experience has been positive. 'The dynamics are different' when attending a church with 50-60 congregants, rather than 15-30, MacKinnon says" (p, 11).
- "Reorganization, of course, is an option not only at the local level. Another Canadian mainline denomination, the United Church of Canada, recently underwent a massive restructuring process in the face of its own declining membership. As of 2019, the church has simplified its governance structure, replacing two of its former layers of governance -- presbyteries and conferences -- with a new set of 16 regions" (p. 11). "The ultimate purpose, [General Secretary Nora] Sanders says, was to simplify the church's structure 'so that we weren't spending a greater proportion of our resources on governance all the time'. With both financial resources and volunteer base diminishing, she says, it was important to find a way to keep those resources from being 'swallowed up by governance processes'" (p. 11).
- "Financial concerns are raising questions about structure in the Anglican Church of Canada also" (p. 11). "Nicholls said strategic planning would help the Anglican Church of Canada assess, 'based on the resources that we will have available, what can we best do at the national level ,, and what things do we let go of, because we can't do them any longer ? What things do we share in other ways with dioceses and individuals across the country ?'" (p. 11).
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Forecasting
- Anglican Church of Canada - 21st century
- St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church (Fruitvale, B.C.)
- Church buildings - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church buildings - Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Kootenay
- House churches - Anglican Church of Canada
- Lewis, Elizabeth
- Anglican Church of Canada - Demographics - 21st century
- Organizational change - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Change - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Paulsen, Judy
- Church renewal - Anglican Church of Canada
- Grace Anglican Church (Chester Basin, N.S.)
- Ridgewell, Doug
- MacKinnon, Donna
- United Church of Canada - Structure
- Nicholls, Linda (Linda Carol), 1954-
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Anglican Church of Canada - Structure
Church approves policy on assault
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article14763
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1993 January
- Volume
- 119
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 6
- Notes
- Report of various issues discussed at the National Executive Council. It was the first full meeting of the new NEC, chosen by General Synod last June 1992.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. National Executive Council
- Anglican Church of Canada - Residential schools
- Sexual abuse - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Preparing the Way
- Shingwauk Indian Residential School (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.)
Church House's new look
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article39234
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Ministry Matters
- Date
- 1995 September
- Volume
- [2]
- Issue
- [2]
- Page
- 1
- Notes
- "Several staffing and structural changes at Church House have been announced to bring the national organization in line with the priorities and focus set by General Synod when it approved the strategic plan this summer. The key element in the new structure as described by Archbishop Michael Peers, is the creation of a management team that will set policy and budgets, coordinate inter-departmental tasks and approve salaries and personnel". "The nine-member team replaces three former structures and eliminates a good deal of overlap". "Two areas where the new structure will have immediate implications are the Anglican Journal and the Anglican Book Centre (ABC). Part of the strategic plan approved by General Synod placed the Journal and ABC within the ambit of a unified information resources committee which was given the mandate to oversee and overall communications policy. Archbishop Peers announced that the position of editor and general manager of the Journal had ceased to exist and that Carolyn Purden, who had held the position, had been given severance. ABC publisher Michael Lloyd also accepted severance. Under the new structure, the editing and publishing of the Journal, the operation of the Anglican Book Centre, and the Archives will become part of an Information Resources department". "Archbishop Peers stressed that the purpose of the changes was to find ways in which the staff of the national organization can better work together to serve the whole church".
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Headquarters
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Employees
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Anglican Church of Canada - Structure
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Management Team
- Anglican Book Centre
- Anglican Journal
- Purden, Carolyn
- Lloyd, Michael (Michael John), 1935-2013
Church House's new look
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article39704
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Ministry Matters
- Date
- 1995 September
- Volume
- [2]
- Issue
- [2]
- Page
- 1
- Notes
- "Several staffing and structural changes at Church House have been announced to bring the national organization in line with the priorities and focus set by General Synod when it approved the strategic plan this summer. The key element in the new structure as described by Archbishop Michael Peers, is the creation of a management team that will set policy and budgets, coordinate inter-departmental tasks and approve salaries and personnel". "The nine-member team replaces three former structures and eliminates a good deal of overlap". "Two areas where the new structure will have immediate implications are the Anglican Journal and the Anglican Book Centre (ABC). Part of the strategic plan approved by General Synod placed the Journal and ABC within the ambit of a unified information resources committee which was given the mandate to oversee and overall communications policy. Archbishop Peers announced that the position of editor and general manager of the Journal had ceased to exist and that Carolyn Purden, who had held the position, had been given severance. ABC publisher Michael Lloyd also accepted severance. Under the new structure, the editing and publishing of the Journal, the operation of the Anglican Book Centre, and the Archives will become part of an Information Resources department". "Archbishop Peers stressed that the purpose of the changes was to find ways in which the staff of the national organization can better work together to serve the whole church".
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Headquarters
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Employees
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Anglican Church of Canada - Structure
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Management Team
- Anglican Book Centre
- Anglican Journal
- Purden, Carolyn, 1941-
- Lloyd, Michael (Michael John), 1935-2013
Church maps could be redrawn
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article34479
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2007 April
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
- 4
- Page
- 11
- Notes
- The Council of General Synod voted to bring to General Synod motions that would change the Anglican Church of Canada's governance and structure.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council of General Synod
- Anglican Church of Canada - Government
- Anglican Church of Canada. Governance Working Group
- Anglican Church of Canada - Statistics
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Boyles, James B. (Jim)
Church needs 'radical transformation'
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article39177
- Journal
- Ministry Mailer
- Date
- 1994 February
- Issue
- 2
- Page
- 11
- Notes
- "Trend: In the next 10 to 15 years the largest portion of current active membership will be deceased. How does that grab you ? The trend is taken from a demographic analysis of the Anglican Church prepared for a set of diocesan consultations now underway. .... Is all the news that gloomy ? No, but unfortunately much of it is. 'It's clear evidence', says Robert Pynn, 'that God is issuing a call to the church. The ultimate message is not the death of the church, but its rebirth -- a radical transformation.' Pynn, the dean of Calgary, chairs a group which is helping the national executive council with the planning process. Between now and the end of April [1994], every diocese will have a consultation to determine what messages it wants to send to the national church". "These findings and others, along with the demographic analysis, have been collected in a 24-page booklet prepared for the diocesan consultations. ... The results of all the consultations will be brought together at a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in May [1994]. The NEC is responsible for developing a 'short list' of options for the church's future directions".
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Demographics - 20th century
- Anglican Church of Canada - Strategic planning
- Anglican Church of Canada - Dioceses
- Preparing the Way
- Pynn, Robert T. (Robert Tilley), 1941-
- Anglican Church of Canada. National Executive Council