One of our priorities is to work towards better reflecting the communities around us. We seek to serve everyone of all faiths and none through our churches, fresh expressions of Church and our schools.
This includes improving the focus of our vocations work to help Christians from Global Majority Heritage backgrounds to feel welcomed and enabled to grow into leadership roles in our churches.
Our Intercultural Ministry Director, Jessie Tang, is leading some of that work which includes a new Intercultural Worshipping Communities (IWC) project, funded by the national Church.
We are also organising various training programmes including 'Unconscious Bias' and 'Anti-Racism', providing support and resources for churches and highlighting key events in the diocese and beyond. Visit our Resources, Training and Events page.
If you would like to have more information about our training, please contact Intercultural Ministry Enabler Michael Ravuri: Michael.Ravuri@LeicesterCofE.org
Click here to read news related to Intercultural Communities.
Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow, said:
“This is a priority for me and the whole diocese. From its inception in 1926, the Diocese of Leicester has witnessed a radical transformation to the context in which it is called to minister the gospel. Today it is serving a cosmopolitan population with people from diverse geographic, cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. Alongside what we are learning from our Rural Commission work, building upon our fresh expressions of Church projects and aligning aspects of this strategy to our Resourcing Churches strategy, we have embarked upon a long term project that has the potential to fundamentally transform our ability for mission and ministry.”