THE CEEC VISION

In order for mission and evangelism to flourish CEEC should encourage and equip evangelicals in the Church of England to keep mission and evangelism as a permanent priority. To enable this, CEEC will plan:

To facilitate national conferences/gatherings on mission / evangelism in order to share good practice and celebrate success,
To promote church planting,
To provide a forum for discussion of ‘thorny’ issues relating to matters such as church planting,
To defend and advocate an apologetic for conversionism,
To cooperate with EA and other national networks wherever possible,
To participate in public square debate and the challenge of culture(s),
To challenge the evangelical constituency to retain a focus on mission and evangelism as a ‘permanent priority’,
To help evangelicals pursue evangelism as part of a commitment to the church,
To help evangelicals keep an international/ global perspective on mission/evangelism,

In order for mission and evangelism to flourish CEEC will facilitate Biblical teaching and equipping. Our ‘dream’ here would include some/all of the following:

To commission resources (papers or YouTube videos) on live issues facing local church leaders
To promote resources from within the evangelical constituency across the whole constituency
To offer local church leaders a response to key church Reports
To facilitate the establishment of working/study groups on key issues
To circulate good reading/resource lists for different audiences (clergy, lay leaders and general evangelical population)
To facilitate ‘road show’ evenings around the regions/dioceses re relevant issues
To help evangelicals understand and celebrate their unity / identity

In order for mission and evangelism to flourish CEEC will advocate the presence and engagement of evangelicals in the structures and life of the Church of England. We dream of some of/more than the following:

Development of an evangelical talent pipeline for appointment to posts of archdeacons/deans/bishops
Help / support the nomination of leading evangelicals within dioceses for episcopal consideration
The coaching and mentoring of evangelical leaders for wider ministry in the Church of England
Galvanise evangelicals in local churches to elect evangelicals for deanery, diocesan and General Synod
To catalyse diocesan and national meetings between evangelical leaders and bishops
To resource evangelicals in dioceses prior to and during vacancy in See.

In order for mission and evangelism to flourish CEEC will promote and pursue unity amongst evangelicals. In practice this might require CEEC to:

Facilitate gatherings of evangelical leaders in regions/dioceses
Encourage more interchange amongst existing networks (pulpit swops, prayer for each other, inviting to leadership meetings)
Galvanise national prayer around evangelical concerns
To develop a strategy for offering both visible and informal support for evangelicals experiencing discrimination and/or opposition from church or other sources
To prepare a strategy of support for evangelicals who feel forced out of the Church of England
To be a link with EFAC
To provide a forum for the resolution of debate/disagreement within the Evangelical constituency