How does someone become ordained?
ALL Christians are called by God to enjoy his love and to serve him in the world . Some Christians are called to a specific service through ordained ministry.
For as long as the Church has had ordained ministries, God's calling has been required to be recognised both by the individual and the wider church.
ALL Christians are called by God to enjoy his love and to serve him in the world . Some Christians are called to a specific service through ordained ministry.
For as long as the Church has had ordained ministries, God's calling has been required to be recognised both by the individual and the wider church.
The person who oversees the process for the discerning of God's calling to ordination is usually called a DDO (Diocesan Director of Ordinands) - in Newcastle Diocese this is Revd Audrey Elkington (a.elkington@newcastle.anglican.org). If you think that perhaps God may be calling you to ordained ministry, then she is the person to contact.
The details of a number of books which may be helpful to those exploring a vocation to ordained ministry are found in the DDO's recommended reading list.
Only when God's call has been recognised by the church nationally, will a person begin training for ordained ministry. This usually lasts two or three years, and can take place at a residential college or more locally through a course.
Bishop Martin says: " This year (2005) in the Diocese it is exciting that a total of twenty-one people will be ordained - men and women, clerks and university teachers, health care workers and those fresh from university and theological college. God is still calling people - a wonderfully rich and diverse range of people of all shapes and sizes, to serve the people of the country through the ministry of the Church of England. It is a ministry which brings love, the grace, the acceptance, the forgiveness and the blessing of God to a needy and troubled
ABOUT ORDAINED MINISTRY
Peter Allan & others, The Fire and the Clay, SPCK, 1993
Rosemary Brown, Being a Deacon today, Canterbury Press, 2005.
Chris Cocksworth & Rosemary Brown, Being a Priest Today, Canterbury Press, 2002
Steven Croft, Ministry in Three Dimensions, DLT, 1999
David Ison, The Vicar’s Guide, CHP, 2005.
Michael Ramsey, The Christian Priest Today, SPCK, 1985
Malcolm Torry (Ed.), The Parish, Canterbury Press, 2004
John Witcombe (Ed.), The Curate’s Guide, CHP, 2005
DDO's recommended reading lists:
ABOUT MISSION & EVANGELISM
Paul Avis, A Ministry shaped by Mission , 2005.
John Holmes, Vulnerable Evangelism, Grove Books (see below), 2003
Bob Jackson, Hope for the Church, CHP, 2002
Mission-shaped Church (CofE report), CHP, 2004
ABOUT PRAYER & SPIRITUALITY
Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.
George Guiver, Everyday God, Triangle, 1994.
Gerard Hughes, God of Surprises, DLT, 1996.
Gerard Hughes, God in all Things, DLT, 2003.
Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.
George Guiver, Everyday God, Triangle, 1994.
Gerard Hughes, God of Surprises, DLT, 1996.
Gerard Hughes, God in all Things, DLT, 2003.
ABOUT THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Paul Avis, An Anglican understanding of Church, SPCK, 2000 Ian Bunting (Ed.),
Celebrating the Anglican Way , Hodder & Stoughton , 1996
Alastair Redfern, Being Anglican, DLT, 2000.
Paul Avis, An Anglican understanding of Church, SPCK, 2000 Ian Bunting (Ed.),
Celebrating the Anglican Way , Hodder & Stoughton , 1996
Alastair Redfern, Being Anglican, DLT, 2000.
Paul Avis, A Ministry shaped by Mission , 2005.
John Holmes, Vulnerable Evangelism, Grove Books (see below), 2003
Bob Jackson, Hope for the Church, CHP, 2002
Mission-shaped Church (CofE report), CHP, 2004
