The main change is the creation of a new Regional Team, but here are some other features of the changes. The same process is also in train in Ireland but here we will look at mainland Britain only. We are still seeking to provide honorary cover for Scotland and Wales. Please do get in touch if you are or you know of someone who could help.

GRATITUDE

It is fitting and appropriate to acknowledge our deep gratitude for the outgoing members of the previous Regional Team. We wish David and Pam Smith well in their retirement after many years of association with Crosslinks, Liz Jackman as she takes up a new role with CMS, and Richard and Liz Rogers as they start a new phase of work with the local Council in Warminster. Our gratitude is to them and to God for them.

Please do make good use of the new team and explore how they can help your church be a local church with a worldwide mission involvement.

Some important new changes to the Regional Team

• The appointment of a team leader to give the team direction, to carry out some of the work of a team member, and to provide a direct link into the Crosslinks Leadership Team.

• Clarification of the aims of the Regional Team: to increase awareness and knowledge of and enthusiastic participation in world mission by the churches of mainland Britain by supporting Crosslinks. 

• A reduced job description for the Regional Co-ordinators to allow for a more focused approach.

• The introduction of elements of team specialisation to help Crosslinks relate to training colleges in a new way and to encourage active participation in mission by young people of all ages.

• The above specialisations and the different gifts of the staff team will necessitate a less geographical approach; staff members will continue to represent regions in Britain and be the first point of call in them, but they may well have other tasks further afield in accordance with their strengths and gifts.

• The reduction in size of the full-time staff will put added emphasis on the need to mobilise volunteer support.

• We aim to provide a more thought-through consultancy service to help local churches develop a world mission strategy.

The new Regional Co-ordinators are:

Alan Purser - Regional Team Leader and London and Southwark dioceses

Udobata Onunwa - North West

John Price - North East

Jonathan Leeson - South

May 2003 Crosslinks' Annual Review index