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  • 3 Oct 2011
    First 'local minister' ordained in the Church of Scotland

    A former university lecturer was last week ordained as the first of the Church of Scotland’s new pioneering type of local ministers.

  • 27 May 2011
    Pay incentive for rural ministry

    In England, the debate on stipends, remuneration and expenses for Anglican clergy serving the Established church continues - with a BBC radio investigation in the pipeline.The issues include pay justice, terms and conditions of work, investment decisions and use of financial resources.

    Meanwhile, in Scotland, the Presbyterian national church is looking towards giving newly qualified ministers a "lucrative bonus" to serve in remote rural parishes as their first charge, under plans from a Kirk council.

  • 27 Oct 2009
    Setting all God’s people free

    The whole people of God, including the clergy, are part of a living church present in communities throughout the world, says Savi Hensman. But the centrality of an empowered laity to a liberating faith can often be lost amidst debilitating church squabbles.

  • 28 Aug 2007
    Church of England looks to deacons to further its mission

    In a move which could signal a longer-term shift in its ministry, the role of deacons as missionaries to their local communities should be taken more seriously, argues a report from the Church of England’s Faith and Order Advisory Group published last week.