Assessing the Education of Priests and Lay Ministers

2011 ◽  
pp. 317-347
Author(s):  
Katarina Schuth
Keyword(s):  
Lay Ministers

Gospel and Order in the Rule of St Benedict

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-203
Author(s):  
Norman Boakes
Keyword(s):  
Church Of England ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
The Church

Members of the Church of England are part of an ordered Church with a given liturgy. That order is deeply embedded in our story and today all clergy and lay ministers function and carry out their ministries on the authorisation of the bishop of the diocese. The Church of England is an institution which has its rules, laws and codes of conduct. Because we have no doctrinal formulations of our own, the liturgy in the Church of England expresses much of our theology. While there have been many changes in liturgy, a given liturgy, or a liturgical structure within which certain texts are prescribed, is part of how we are.

scholarly journals A Theology of Rest: Sabbath Principles for Ministry

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa J. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Sacred Space ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Prolonged Stress ◽  
Ministry Professionals

This article argues that a theology of rest is an essential component in the training of ministry professionals. The practice of Sabbath rest is a balm for the contemporary issues of emotional exhaustion, prolonged stress, and burnout that many full-time and lay ministers experience during their ministry career. Developing a robust theology of rest and Sabbath rhythm will equip ministry professionals to create sacred space for God, contributing to longevity of ministry and holistic rest.

The Governing Body of the Church in Wales: Recent Legislation

1995 ◽  
Vol 3 (17) ◽  
pp. 432-433
Author(s):  
Thomas Glyn Watkin
Keyword(s):  
Governing Body ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
The Third ◽  
Lay Persons ◽  
The Church

At the April 1995 meeting of the Governing Body, the Constitution of the Church in Wales was amended in accordance with decisions taken by the Governing Body in September 1994. It had been resolved that stipendiary clerics and non-stipendiary clerics under seventy years of age should not receive fees for taking services in vacant incumbencies, but that retired clerics, readers and non-stipendiaries over the age of seventy should receive such fees. All should receive travelling expenses. The Maintenance of Ministry Scheme was accordingly amended to reflect these decisions by minor amendments to section 6 (1) (h) and section 6 (3) of the Scheme and the replacement of sections 4 and 5 of the Third Schedule thereto. The Governing Body had also agreed that a maximum of two lay persons per diocese should be included in the Maintenance of Ministry Scheme, which provides for the payment of ministers, provided that these were accredited lay Ministers licensed by the diocesan bishop to engage in the work of mission and ministry in a parochial or diocesan capacity. The lay persons concerned were to be counted as serving clerics for the purposes of allocating monies among the dioceses. The Maintenance of Ministry Scheme has again been amended to effect these decisions, this time by the introduction of a new paragraph (k) in section 6 (1) – the existing paragraphs (k) to (m) being redesignated (1) to (n) as a result – and by the introduction of a new paragraph (e) into section 6 (2).

scholarly journals Continuing Education for Lay Ministry: Providers, Beliefs, Issues, and Programs

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leona M. English
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Continuing Professional Education ◽  
Lay Ministry ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
C Programs ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Group B

Research into continuing professional education (CPE) has been a constant for many professionals, including those pastors and clergy who work in religious organizations. Continuing education for lay ministers (non-ordained) in churches, however, generally has not been given this close scrutiny or attention. This article reports on research conducted with 35 leaders of lay ministry education programs in Canada, to provide information on their (a) demographics as a group (b) attitudes toward church and church bodies, and the amount of support they received from the community, and (c) programs and their participants. This study contributes to an understanding of continuing education for lay ministry.

Toward a Model for Engaging Latino Lay Ministers in Domestic Violence Intervention

2008 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina U. Hancock ◽  
Natalie Ames
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Violence Intervention ◽  
Domestic Violence Intervention ◽  
Potential Resource

There is growing recognition that culturally relevant interventions with Latino couples experiencing domestic violence must take place at the community level as well as through clinically-oriented services. This article examines structural and cultural issues related to domestic violence among Latino immigrants living in rural areas of the United States. The authors present a culturally appropriate, environmentally-based model for domestic violence intervention and prevention with rural Latino families. The model identifies Latino church leaders as a potential resource in rural communities and calls upon social workers to collaborate with and support church leaders in preventing and intervening in domestic violence in rural Latino communities.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the Clergy Suicide Prevention Competencies Developmental Rubric and Faith Leaders’ Readiness to Address Suicide Stigma

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Karen Mason ◽  
Ji-Young Yoon ◽  
Elizabeth Taylor ◽  
David Korver ◽  
Yuan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Seminary Students ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Faith Leaders ◽  
Protestant Clergy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Do So

Faith leaders (FL) have a key role in suicide prevention. One of their roles is to address suicide stigma in faith communities. Are they ready to do so? The Clergy Suicide Prevention Skills Developmental Rubric (CSPCDR) was developed to understand and assess clergy suicide prevention skills. The psychometric properties of the CSPCDR are reported in order to assess FL’ readiness to address suicide stigma. Sample 1, 186 Protestant seminary students completed the CSPCDR twice, resulting in Pearson’s r = 0.77. Sample 2, 187 Protestant clergy and lay ministers completed the CSPCDR before and after one of eight trainings to test construct validity; the CSPCDR performed as expected. Results suggest how to expand FL’ readiness to address suicide stigma in faith communities.

scholarly journals A Revisit of the Ministerial Concept of Lay and Full-Time Ministers in Classical Pentecostal Churches in Ghana and its Missional Implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter White ◽  
John Ntsiful
Keyword(s):  
Church History ◽  
Missio Dei ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Executive Council ◽  
Lay Ministers ◽  
Ministerial Council ◽  
Lay Ministries ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Theological Understanding ◽  
The Church

In their article “Pentecostal Mission Approaches” White and Niemandt (2015, 241–269) make a case for how some Pentecostal Churches in Ghana have made good use of lay/tent ministry in their missionary agenda. However, among the Classical Pentecostal Churches in Ghana, lay ministers are not recognised as full-time ministers of the church. The understanding of these churches is that the lay/tent ministers by their definition do not operate in the five-fold ministry. In some of the churches, they are not accredited by the church to be part of their General Ministerial Council Meetings and the Annual General Meetings. Unlike the mainline churches, the lay or tent ministers in the Classical Pentecostal Churches in Ghana are also not allowed to vote or to be recommended for Executive Council positions. These issues therefore make it essential to investigate the historical and theological understanding of the concept of the lay and full-time ministers in church history, Ghanaian Pentecostals’ view of the concept, as well as the missional importance of lay ministries in the church and the missio Dei.

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