Mission Partnerships can be defined as: two or more parishes or benefices, committed to sharing resources and ministers, in mission to a defined area. So, there is considerable flexibility in what a Mission Partnership might look like but the focus is on sharing resources and leadership to enable mission in the shared area.

Partnership working was a consistent feature of ministry in the New Testament church. Mission Partnerships are a way of enabling and encouraging collaboration between clergy and parishes in mission and ministry. Four churches in the S8 Mission area of Sheffield have joined together in a new Mission Partnership to share resources and work more collaboratively. They are St Chad's in Woodseats &  St.Paul's in Norton Lees with Revd. Jon Hidden as their Oversight Minister  & St Peters in Greenhill, St James in Norton with Revd. Ben Shires as their Oversight Minister.