Pregnancy and children – At one AOCM meeting we started praying for ordinands who had just had children…. the prayers went on for a surprisingly long time! Having a child whilst at theological college is not an unheard of event. Ensure that you tell all relevant parties eg Ministry Division, college, tutors so that appropriate [...]
20. Bishops who ordain and Principals of Colleges and Courses share responsibility for advising about the parish where a minister or accredited lay worker will serve. Principals will normally have a more recent and intimate knowledge of the candidate; Bishops and their advisers will normally have a more recent and intimate knowledge of the parishes [...]
REPORTS ON SPONSORED CANDIDATES AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FIRST APPOINTMENTS (updated June 2009) This Code of Procedure is published by the Ministry Division on the authority of the House of Bishops. It sets out the procedures which should be observed by the Bishops and their officers, by the Principals of Colleges, Courses and OLM schemes, by [...]
In 2005 the Church undertook a survey of clergy with disabilities; 100 people responded of whom 45.2% were registered disabled before training, 8% became disabled during training, and 46.8% became disabled after ordination. The most common form of impairment was “Walking and Mobility” (43.55% of the sample) followed by “Hearing” (19.35% of the sample). “Depression” [...]
MONEY MATTERS – with help from Dr Mark Hodge (Ministry Division Grants) – Tel: 020 7898 1396 Email: mark.hodge@c-of-e.org.uk AOCM covers finances from pre-selection to curacy and takes up issues of funding and resources on behalf of ordinands set against wider changes in student finance. Readers are from a diversity of financial positions. Some will [...]
As a result of concern about placement for curacy and some apparent mismatch between numbers of candidates and places available, Ministry Division held a round table meeting in July 2009 with Diocesan Reps, DDOs, relevant Ministry Division staff and AOCM representation. This meeting has led to constructive proposals for a more dynamic sharing of information [...]