Selection for Reader Training

Information for candidates, referees and nominating clergy based on nationally agreed criteria from the Ministry Division.

Ministry in the Church of England
Candidates must be baptised and episcopally confirmed, and regular communicants of the Church of England, who are familiar with its traditions and practices. They must complete the necessary disclosure statement in connection with the House of Bishops’ Policy on Child Protection before undergoing the diocesan selection procedure.

Vocation
Candidates should be able to speak of their own sense of vocation to ministry and mission, referring both to personal conviction and to the extent to which other have confirmed it. Their sense of vocation should be obedient, realistic and informed.

Faith
Candidates should show an understanding of the Christian faith and a desire to deepen that understanding. They should demonstrate personal commitment to Christ and a capacity to communicate the Gospel.

Spirituality and worship
Candidates should show evidence of commitment to a spiritual discipline which involves individual and corporate prayer and worship. Their spiritual practice should be such as to sustain and energise them in their daily lives.

Personality and character
Candidates should be people of integrity who are sufficiently mature and stable to show that they can sustain the demanding role of a minister and to face change and pressure in a flexible and balanced way. They should show the potential to offer wise leadership in the Church community and to some extent beyond it.

Relationships
Candidates should demonstrate self-awareness and self-acceptance as a basis for developing open and healthy personal relationships as ministers. They should show ability and willingness to co-operate with other ministers and to work both as team members and as leaders.

Potential for training
Candidates should be capable of undertaking satisfactorily a course of study and ministerial preparation with an open and enquiring mind.

Administrator for Initial Ministerial Education
Mrs Frances Ter Haar
Tel: 01962 737318
Email: frances.terhaar@winchester.anglican.org

• Exploring Faith
• Looking for God
• The Need for Church
• The Good News
• Selection for Reader Training
• Exploring Vocations
• Selection for Clergy
• Prayer Cycle
• Daily Prayer
• Environment