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Local church life is changing radically and patterns of clergy training and deployment with it. Multi-congregational groupings are increasingly the norm with fewer stipendiary clergy and greater reliance on self-supporting and lay ministry. Meanwhile some aspects of priestly ministry are being carried out by specialist practitioners such as missioners working across a number of parishes.
All of this raises questions about how we understand, prepare for and practice ministry and leadership in the church today. As ministry increasingly becomes the responsibility of the local congregation...

This is an accessible guide for all those thinking of ordination, their teachers, and all those setting out in the ministry, along with their families. It offers practical advice on all the personnel issues related to the ministry, from sensing a call to planning for your retirement. There is clear and simple guidance on the appointments system and chapters on handling conflict, introducing change, managing on less money, knowing when to move on and reviewing your ministry.
The Church is exempt from employment law and clergy aften have to feel their way through 30 years or more service....

An examination of the role and work of bishops for today and tomorrow, exploring how ministries of great responsibility might shape the future. It is an examination of leadership in episcopal churches. It describs the pitfalls and temptations of power by analyzing the responsibilities of leadership.

The way that local churches are run is changing dramatically as many denominations deal with numbers of stipendiary clergy falling and new forms of ordained and lay ministries emerging. Churches are grouped together more and more, while many are exploring entirely new ways of being church - through initiatives like Fresh Expression and Mission Shaped Church. All of this raises questions about what new patterns of leadership are needed to meet changing circumstances. This book provides techniques and solutions in relation to: Developing lay leadership; Building team ministry; Leading a group...