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Francis, Leslie J., Jones, Susan H. and Village, Andrew (2011) Assessing the impact of ordained local ministry on the performance of Church of England dioceses, 1991–2003. Practical Theology, Volume 4 (Number 2). pp. 213-225. doi:10.1558/prth.v4i2.213 ISSN 1756-073X.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/prth.v4i2.213
Abstract
hroughout the 1990s the cases for and against ordained local ministry continued to be debated in the Church of England. By 2001, 20 dioceses had at least one ordained local minister and 23 had resisted this development. Drawing on data routinely published by the Church of England, the present study asks three questions of these two distinct segments of the Church. The first question compares the background characteristics of the two sets of dioceses and finds no significant differences between them. The second question compares the performance of the two sets of dioceses between 1991 and 2003 in terms of the rate of decline in membership statistics. Ordained local ministry has made no significant impact on slowing the rate of decline. The third question compares the rates of recruitment into Reader ministry within the two sets of dioceses. The data found an inverse relationship between growth in ordained local ministry and growth in Reader ministry.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Church of England -- Dioceses, Church of England -- Clergy | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Practical Theology | ||||
Publisher: | Equinox Publishing Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1756-073X | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 4 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 213-225 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1558/prth.v4i2.213 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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