The Rollett family will soon be swapping life in the Diocese of Leicester for East Africa, where they will walk alongside local Christians and help them work together to be a loving witness to their neighbours of other faiths.
A small team from the Diocese of Leicester recently travelled to our Link Diocese of Trichy‑Tanjore in the Church of South India (CSI) to strengthen long-standing partnerships, share ministry expertise, and deepen intercultural connections. The visit - our first since the Covid pandemic - was Intercultural and Intergenerational Ministry in action, a reconnecting of communities, with the group returning to Leicester feeling spiritually inspired and energised.
It was a whistle stop tour of the diocese for Bishop Bethuel and Bishop Mama Agnes of the Diocese of Kiteto in Tanzania, when they recently made their first ever visit to Leicester. During their stay, the Bishop and his wife travelled through the rural heart and urban heartlands of the diocese, to experience life, faith and fellowship across the city and county in which we worship.
In September, a diverse team made up of ordained, licensed, and lay members from the Diocese of Leicester, embarked on the first intercultural and intergenerational visit to our link dioceses in Tanzania - a journey that proved to be both formative and deeply moving.
This September, a team from the Diocese of Leicester, led by Revd Dave Rollett, will be travelling to Tanzania to visit our link partner dioceses of Kilimanjaro and Kiteto.
Earlier this month, senior members of the diocese and link partner colleagues travelled to Tanzania to visit our Christian brothers and sisters in Kiteto and Mount Kilimanjaro.
We are currently working towards a visit to our partner diocese in Tanzania in 2025. Would you like to be part of this link diocese learning exchange trip?
A diocesan campaign to raise enough money to provide durable, long-lasting seating in Kiteto Cathedral, is appealing to churches to donate the price of one bench.
This Lent we wanted hear from our brothers and sisters from the Global church that we are one part of. We’ve asked Christians from our link dioceses to share something about their ministry, their perspectives on scripture and creation and how we can pray for them. This week we hear from Paster Daniel...
Last month we were delighted to host visitors here in the city and county
