As the Church of England in Suffolk, the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, its churches and schools. cover a diverse and contrasting range of contexts bringing together over 443 churches and 87 church schools, serving 631,000 people.

The Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich’s four mission priorities are to grow in ‘depth’ and ‘influence’, so as to enable an increase in ‘number’ and become ‘younger’; in achieving the vision of “Growing in God” by being “Flourishing Congregations, Making a Difference”.