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Ordained Local Ministry in the Church of England

by Andrew Bowden

  • Paperback
  • 192 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.3 x 23.2 x 1.3 cm

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This title provides an authoritative and timely review of the OLM experiment - its achievements, its weaknesses, and its ongoing relevance for the Church today. Ordained Anglican ministry is changing rapidly. Soon the majority of clergy are likely to be volunteers and, especially in rural areas, female. All mainstream Churches recognise that new contexts need new forms of ministry. Ordained Local Ministers (OLMs) are priests specifically called out by their local congregation and ordained to minister in that locality. Half the dioceses in England and elsewhere in the Anglican Communion including Australasia, Scotland and North America have established formal schemes to enable this type of ministry. Some dioceses believe the process has helped to revitalise parishes and raise the spiritual temperature of congregations. Others have called a halt, believing their schemes have somehow gone wrong or have not 'delivered'. The time has come for a calm assessment of available evidence about an experiment into which the Church has poured considerable time, effort and money over the last twenty years.Does it have ongoing value, or is it just one more bright idea that has flourished for a season and has now had its day?
Ordained Local Ministry in the Church of England and Ministry In The Countryside: Revised Expanded Edition
Ministry In The Countryside: Revised Expanded EditionOrdained Local Ministry in the Church of England

  • Author

    Andrew Bowden

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    August 2012

  • Weight

    273g

  • Page Count

    192

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 23.2 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781441159557

  • ISBN-10

    144115955X

  • Eden Code

    4030001

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