We have held two national conferences and some regional IM Gatherings and aim to continue these in future.
IM Gatherings in different regions to enable mutual support and the transfer of knowledge and skills between those working with IM. We have had a number of these events so far.
National resources to support Interim Ministry (IM) were launched by the Diocese of Chelmsford on 22 March 2021.
The Interim Ministry Web Resource and IM Source Book are the output of Capacity Building Funding from the Church of England’s Strategic Development Fund (SDF).
They will form a national IM resources ‘hub’, initially to be hosted by the Diocese of Chelmsford.
Interim ministry has: ‘quite literally been a God-send, enabling renewal, growth and change to happen and for the church to flourish,’ said The Archbishop of York, the Most Revd Stephen Cottrell, at the launch.
The Archbishop expressed the hope that the resources: ‘will enable every diocese to consider whether in certain situations where change and renewal is needed in existing patterns of church life; Where there are opportunities to develop whole new ways of being church and new communities of faith, that Interim Ministry might be the best next step of coming alongside existing Christian communities and helping them to see viable and flourishing ways forward.’
