Leave us some feedback, or get in touch!
If you're tearing your hair out with an issue, the best thing to do is get in touch with Church House. However, if you'd like to submit a question to be added to this FAQ, give us some feedback on the website, or aren't sure where to direct your query, please email Sam Cavender at this address:FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Q/ Who is this Jesus guy?
Q/
I'm
interested in working for the church...
Q/
I'd like to give some
feedback...
Q/ I have a complaint
about a
member of the Clergy, what can I do?
Q/ Is the Diocese rich?
Q/ Marriage:
Please visit our
Weddings
page >>
See also: The
Diocesan Handbook
Q/
Baptism:
Please visit our
Baptism
page >>
Q/
Funerals:
Please visit our
Funerals
page >>
In-house queries:
Q/ Common
Tenure! What's going on there? (pdf)
Q/ Where
can I find guidelines for working with children and young people?
Q/
Can you help us develop a strategy for our church?
- Contact
Ministry Development
- View
Growth Programme information
Q/ What is the Parish Share and how is
it
calculated?
Q/ Buildings
and maintenance:
Please visit our
Buildings page >>
Q/ Ask us a question we haven't
thought of!
If you find yourself champing at the bit trying to have a very
simple question answered that doesn't appear to be here, please get in touch with
the Diocesan Office and we'll see if we can give you a hand.
See also:Church of England FAQ >>
Ask the Bishops a question!
For strategy querries, please email:
To get in touch with the Bishops directly, see contacts page >>
Q/ Who is this Jesus guy?
A/ He's the reason the Diocese of Bristol exists. To learn about Jesus, click here.
To learn about Jesus' work, click here.
See also: Rejesus website >>
Q/ Is the Diocese rich?
A/ No. We rely on the money that people put into the collection plate on Sundays (over 70% of our Revenue comes this way). One or two Bristol Charities are very generous and support some areas of work, but the majority is paid for by the faithful congregations giving generously week by week.
The Diocese does own a significant amount of property, but this is all functional and is used as clergy residences and for worship purposes.
Q/ What is the Parish
Share and how is it calculated?
A/ The
Parish Share is an
amount of money submitted by each Parish to cover Diocesan costs
(including that of the parish's own clerical salary). Calculations
based on church income, size and location can vary greatly, but the
below offers a typical percentage break-down of the share:
Stipend (salary)
50.5%
Employer’s
NI
3%
(average)
Pension
contribution 14.8%
Housing
costs
12.8%
(property dept
average)
Council
Tax 4.9%
(average)
Clergy malpractice
ins 0.04%
Training 6.5%
(PDT dept average)
Church House overheads 7.4%
(incl. Area Dean and Archdeacon costs averaged out)
Training includes Post Ordination as well as on-going professional
development - the cleric will not have that proportion spent each year,
but it is front loaded in this model and spread over the working
lifetime. Overheads in Church House are not exhaustive, but includes
such things as the time spent in payroll and pension work, provision of
advice to clergy, Area Deans expenses and Archdeacons’
stipends
and admin costs, as these go to support the clergy and their families.
Q/ I have a
complaint about a member of the clergy – what can I do?
A/ See our Clergy complaints page >>