Planning Parishes
The tendency to organise Presbyterian parishes by geography, and the use of pastoral care as the basis of parish planning in recent years, have led to serious problems in establishing new churches, according to a report received by the monthly meeting of the Christchurch Presbytery.
The report, from the home ministry committee, says that parishes should be planned on the basis of a reasonably sized core of about 200, and not above 500. If the figure is higher than 500, team ministries should be employed. The question is one of “the need of seeing a congregation as a living whole, with plenty of flexibility to meet local circumstances,” the report says.
The move towards a greater variety of types of parishes appears to be frustrated on the financial level, the report says. The answer is that much more flexibility should be possible. It is recognised that this would involve enormous administrative problems.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31320, 16 March 1967, Page 12
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154Planning Parishes Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31320, 16 March 1967, Page 12
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