Thank you for considering a role on the Archbishops’ Council.
As a trustee of the Archbishops’ Council you will have an opportunity to help support parishes, cathedrals, dioceses and more to build a simpler, humbler, bolder Church of England and particularly to realise our vision and strategy that we
- Become a church of missionary disciples where all God’s people are free to live the Christian life, wherever we spend our time Sunday to Saturday.
- Are a church where mixed ecology is the norm – where every person in England has access to an enriching and compelling community of faith by adding new churches and new forms of Church to our parishes, cathedrals, schools and chaplaincies.
- Are a church that is younger and more diverse – with a target to double the number o children and young people in our churches during this decade.
You would be a trustee of a large national charity that distributes over £150 million of grants, oversees the systems of safeguarding and ministry formation in the Church of England and which is working for a flourishing Church that is there to provide ministry to everyone in England. The Council works with the independent charities in dioceses and parishes across England (and the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and in the Diocese in Europe) through financial support, the provision of services and the formulation and implementation of Church legislation.
The Church of England is complex – we benefit from a richness of theological and liturgical traditions, an established status, a presence in every parish in the country, the three orders of ministry, a prominent voice in the public square (including in the House of Lords), and a mission to provide for the cure of souls for everyone in the country. We look for trustees who will understand this richness, celebrate it, and help the Church across the country take forward its vision and strategy.
William Nye LVO
Secretary General
Archbishops’ Council
Church of England