Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence

The Diocese of Leeds has a vision for confident Christians, who are part of growing Churches and transforming communities. 

As Christians living and worshipping in the Diocese of Leeds we want to be faithful to our calling to be good news, share the Gospel and serve, with steadfast purpose, the communities in which we live. 

Over the next 10 years our strategic aim is to be a diocese

• Confident in our Mission - Supporting churches to become confident in their purpose and able to use their building, financial and time resources to achieve this.
• Confident in our Future - Ensuring the Diocese becomes sustainable, building on the work of the last few years to be efficient as well as effective.
• Confident in our Leadership - Giving support around leadership for everyone involved in serving in our churches.
• Confident in our Witness - Encouraging support for all to be confident in living and telling the good news of Jesus in a rapidly changing world, particularly reaching children and young people. 

These four strategic pillars provide a structure and focus for our vision. The pillars ensure we can align efforts through effective communication and implementation of our priorities. 

The Barnabas: Encouraging Confidence Programme is a team and a set of resources to help churches, parishes and beneficees to move forward in mission. The programme team are funded by the National Church to enable specific help and support for churches across the diocese. 

Barnabas offers help and support across a number of areas: click on the boxes below to find what you need. If you don't see it there, then send us an email at barnabas@leeds.anglican.org

Meet the team
	Revd Canon Jude Smith Director of Mission and Revitalisation
	Dr Ben Walker Strategic Portfolio Manager
	Kat Foulds Strategic Programme Officer
	Martyn Lawson Data Manager
	Alison Cassidy Programme Co-Ordinator