Partnerships

A Time to Change Together is the agreed way forward for the Diocese of Lincoln. As a family of churches, the body of Christ, and for the flourishing of his Church, we have committed to:

• Collaborative working between churches of different types
• Collaborative working between a rich variety of ministers
• Strategically focusing resources for mission and growth
• Supporting each church to flourish in its distinctive role
• Enriching our lives as a Christian family through layers of belonging – the house group, the
  small local church, the larger church, the wider church in the area, the diocese, the cathedral,
  and beyond.
• Promoting a culture of being church that is collaborative, generous, active, hospitable and
  centred on Christ.

‘Though we are many, we are one body, because we all share in one bread’

1 Corinthians 10:17

Essential to the new way of working are two new overlaid structures which bring together parishes, benefices and deaneries into workable, missional joined-up patterns: Deanery Partnerships and Local Mission Partnerships.