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Laity to run parishes in Church in Wales shake up

The move comes after an independent review assessed ways in which the Welsh Church can attract new members.

In the current structure, a single ordained priest leads a small parish, but under the planned changes parishes will be scrapped for "Ministry Areas", and instead of one ordained priest leading it, a group of both ordained priests and those who are not ordained (laity) will take charge.

The Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, said at a recent conference outlining the changes: ""This conference is about the need for us, as a church, to relate more effectively to the people and communities of Wales as we approach the centenary of our disestablishment.

"We have been required to revisit long-held understandings of how we provide ministry, by and to whom, and how we relate to our communities.

"It is not about doing more with less but more about a cultural change in the kind of church we are - realising that the mission and ministry of Jesus has been entrusted to the church as a whole, not just to bishops and clergy.

The Church in Wales celebrates its centenary in 2020, and it's change in structure is a key part of its plans for growth until then.

It calls this plan 2020 Vision.

Ministry Area leaders are already being trained to implement their 2020 Vision.

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