Pastoral Committee

Every diocese has a pastoral committee under the Pastoral Measure 1983.

In the diocese of Coventry the Bishop’s Council is the Diocesan Pastoral Committee.

It is the duty of the pastoral committee from time to time to review the arrangements for pastoral supervision in the diocese, (including sharing agreements in respect of a church or parsonage house and any proposals for sharing agreements) and where they consider it desirable to make recommendations to the bishop.

The pastoral committee shall at all times:

1. have particular regard to the making of provision for the cure of souls in the diocese as a whole, including the provision of appropriate spheres of work and conditions of service for all persons engaged in the cure of souls and the provision of reasonable remuneration for such persons;
2. have regard also to the traditions, needs and characteristics of individual parishes.

The diocesan synod may from time to time indicate to the pastoral committee any matters of diocesan policy to which the committee shall also have regard.

Before deciding to make any recommendations to the bishop, the pastoral committee shall so far as may be practicable ascertain the views of the interested parties.