The Testing of Vocation

The Testing of Vocation
Author: Robert Reiss
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2013-01-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0715143328

2013 marks the centenary of the Church of England’s established process for selecting candidates for ordained ministry – a process that the Ministry Division still uses today. The Testing of Vocation is a comprehensive and detailed study that will provide an essential reference volume for historians and all students of the vocation and ministry in today’s Church. It explores in detail the Church of England’s concept of vocation and how it has developed over the century in response to changes in society and in the church. It examines the changing approaches to ordained ministry in the aftermath of two world wars; in response to declining numbers and the closure of theological colleges; in the light of new developments such as the ordination of women and the advent of non-stipendiary ministry (an innovation suggested by Archbishop Michael Ramsey) and ordained local ministry. This unique and comprehensive record is authorised by the Ministry Division of the Church of England.

The Future of the Parish System

The Future of the Parish System
Author: Steven Croft
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2010-05-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0715142275

This timely, multi-faceted book by a collection of leading thinkers and practitioners provides church leaders with the resources to re-imagine church and ministry in the twenty-first century. Looking at both traditional forms of church and fresh expressions, this wide-ranging book offers invaluable historical, psychological, sociological and theological perspectives on the parish system. Leading thinkers outline the challenges facing the Church, present suggestions for areas for development, and set out principles for future growth.

An Amazing Journey

An Amazing Journey
Author: Glynne Gordon-Carter
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780715138557

How has the Church responded to the challenge to combat institutional racism? To what extent are the issues being addressed by church schools, clergy and parishes? How are theological colleges and courses responding to the importance of preparing and training ordinands for leadership in multi-cultural, multi-ethnic and multi-faith Britain? These are some of the questions that have challenged the Church of England in its struggle to understand racism and the way that it is used by institutions, maybe unwittingly, to disadvantage minority ethnic people. The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report acted as a catalyst and forced the Church to take a fresh look at itself with respect to its record in combating institutional racism. This book gives new insights into the Church of England's response to race issues and presents a fascinating view of the Church at the start of the twenty-first century. It highlights examples of good practice and demonstrates the progress that has been made wince the publication in 1991 of Seeds of Hope, a seminal report of a survey on combating rascism in the Church of England.

Working as One Body

Working as One Body
Author: Church of England. Archbishops' Commission on Organisation
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1995
Genre:
ISBN: 9780715137635

This text presents the 1995 recommendations of the Turnbull Commission on the organization of the Church of England.

The Reformed Church in America

The Reformed Church in America
Author: Marvin D. Hoff
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1985
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802800817

Hoff chronicles and analyzes the RCA's creative experiments in organizing for mission in America and around the world, recording the successes and shortcomings of a great variety of structures through which the church seeks to do Christ's work. While the book covers more than two centuries of mission work, the primary emphasis is on the period from 1945 to the present.

The Future of Brexit Britain

The Future of Brexit Britain
Author: JONATHAN CHAPLIN & ANDREW BRADSTOCK
Publisher: SPCK
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-10-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0281084300

The traumatic debates provoked by the EU referendum have subjected the idea of British identity to relentless and painful interrogation. How might Britain as a multinational state understand its own defining moral and political commitments in relation to its European neighbours? If, as many suggest, a resurgence of English nationhood has been the driving force behind Brexit, how might the Church of England, as the ‘national Church’ in England, and its neighbouring Anglican Churches, respond to this and the many other missional challenges they face? Those of us still wondering what to make of Brexit – including reflective Christians, politicians, journalists, think-tanks and religious leaders – will find much to stimulate thought and discussion here. The contributors have a wealth of specialist knowledge of the churches, Brexit and the EU; they draw on this and the legacies of Anglican – and more broadly Christian – social and political theology to offer their rich and nuanced responses to a range of crucial questions. ‘Seeks to challenge Christians of all views to imagine a future with hope.’ Dr Anna Rowlands