The impact of Pioneering Parishes
Pioneering Parishes is impacting the fulfilment of the Church of England’s six bold outcomes
Independent research has found that Pioneering parishes is impacting the fulfilment of the Church of England’s six bold outcomes at the parochial level.
Recent independent research demonstrates that the small, start-up training organisation is giving long-established parish churches the tools and confidence to revitalise for mission, enabling them to reach out to children and families in the wider communities, and cultivating a framework for growth in discipleship. Read the Executive Summary here.
The research was commissioned to evaluate the impact Pioneering Parishes is having on those who have attended and on the parishes they are part of. This research evaluated the experiences of Pioneering Parishes attendees against the six bold outcomes of the Church of England’s Vision and Strategy.
The data in this research indicates how Pioneering Parishes enables parishes to renew their life of worship and witness in their communities. The result is a move toward community listening, prayer, new initiatives and to changes in existing provision which makes it more welcoming and accessible.
Parishes are complex places, with long histories and multiple influences. Yet, it is also the case that many participants credited PP directly with many of the changes they were seeing in their parishes.
This is the work of culture change; work to help move parishes toward renewed vision and values for their common life. Such work can be slow and difficult. This research indicates that Pioneering Parishes is a significant and powerful tool to help parishes make substantial progress in this area in a relatively short period of time.
Read the Executive Summary of the research.
