Ordained Local Ministry is the latest initiative by
the Church of England to increase its supply of
priests but what is it like to be an OLM? Little
academic work has been done on the experience of
recently ordained clergy, this study breaks new
ground in its evaluation of the people involved and
their experiences. The report Stranger in the Wings
(1998) encouraged the growth of OLM as a ministerial
mode, in this book the authentic voice of that
stranger can be heard describing the ministry of the
new deacon and priest. David Vannerley interviewed
the first OLMs in Canterbury Diocese to...