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Question 37 - So how will we hold together the old and new in one church?

A wooden cross on the brick wall of a churchIt's vital to build strong bonds of connection and to work out how a fresh expression will belong. Sometimes that 'belonging' is to a local church. Sometimes it is to a circuit or deanery, occasionally to a diocese or district or a stream.

The belonging is worked out in structures for ministry and governance; in fellowship; in different kinds of partnerships of support and in mutual giving and receiving.

God values unity across diversity

 

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