Special Category Ministries Special Category Ministries are outside any deployment quotas; they are in addition to ordained ministry being exercised b...
Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy Chaplains are people normally appointed by the Church to work in all kinds of places outside the normal life of the congregation. There ar...
Certificates for Limited Service
Certificates for Limited Service General Assembly authorises the Ministries Committee, through the Accreditation Sub-Committee, to grant Certificates ...
Oxford church appoints outreach worker for Transgender, Intersex and non-binary communities
Oxford church appoints outreach worker for Transgender, Intersex and non-binary communities 31 March 2022 St Columba’s United Reformed Church in Oxf...
Oversight and care of candidates for ministry
Oversight and care of candidates for ministry Continuing discernment The journey from the exploration of a call to ministry, through selection, trai...
The assessment procedure
The assessment procedure The enquiry stage Meeting with Minister or Interim Moderator Informal and exploratory Meeting with Synod Moderator/or Moderat...
Guidelines for Synod Candidating Secretaries
Guidelines for Synod Candidating Secretaries As the Synod Candidating Secretary you have a key role to play throughout the assessment process, ensurin...
Guidelines for Church Meetings
Guidelines for Church Meetings If a member of your local church expresses a call to the Ministry of Word and Sacraments or Church Related Community Wo...
Guidelines for local interviews on behalf of the synod
Guidelines for local interviews on behalf of the synod Since General Assembly 2007, the formal assessment process has proceeded as follows: Church Mee...
Guidelines for Ministers
Guidelines for Ministers If a member of the congregation wishes to candidate for the Ministry of Word and Sacraments or Church Related Community Work,...