Hereford Diocese

Our Strategy: 2022 - 2030

• Our first diocesan Mission Action Plan (or strategy), created in 2016 was developed from a series of 'Follow' events around the diocese. In summary, it built a shared understanding across our diocese which sought to encourage people to play a part in God’s mission. The themes were very similar to those in our renewed strategy and focus was placed on inspiring each generation - our families, friends, neighbours, colleagues, the people we meet - to follow Jesus Christ so that lives and communities change, and God’s kingdom can grow in Hereford Diocese.  A strategic investment was made in five market town areas to develop intergenerational mission and deaneries were encouraged to develop mission action plans as a cornerstone for local activities.

The strategy for 2022 - 2024 holds firm to our vision which is “to proclaim Christ and grow disciples”, underpinned by our three behaviour values: Prayerful, Christlike and Engaged.

• "Our values are at the heart of everything we do as we seek to proclaim Christ and grow disciples.  This strategy is mostly about creating a framework to enable the local church to flourish but recognises that there are some things that will need to be stimulated centrally due to a lack of existing capacity or resources. "
• A vision for our diocese explained by Bishop Richard in this video lays out the challenge ahead.