A challenge

I invite all of us, lay and ordained, congregations large and small, our agencies and schools to do ministry together in Tasmania. We must work at every level to develop goals to help direct our resources and provide a road map for our spiritual energy over the coming years. We must answer the key questions that will frame our lives together over the next years.

  1. How will we nurture and sustain congregations so that they will be places of spiritual transformation doing vital ministry with their communities?
  2. How will we bring the good news of Jesus Christ to all places and people in Tasmania?
  3. How will we provide quality resources that enable all of us to live our faith more deeply?
  4. How will we release and share our abundant resources with one another so that every congregation, agency and school will realise their fullest potential for ministry and mission?
  5. How will we dialogue with one another on difficult issues and questions of faith?
  6. How will we reach out to our communities, our state and the world with the gospel of justice and peace?

God does not want us to stay as we are. We have to apply all of our wisdom to the process of change or we will be passengers on the sinking ship called 'Irrelevance'. We must establish strategic directions. Strategic directions, specific goals and objectives must release resources for mission. We need to release resources locally and at a diocesan level, not only so that we can fund new areas of ministry, but also to work with and provide support and training for people going through change. Leadership that gives vision and confidence as the Church moves forward in new directions will be essential.

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