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Zusatztext This is an important collection of essays reflecting on the Church of England’s experience of ‘Ordained Local Ministry’ in a number of dioceses over the last couple of decades. It contains a welcome balance between theological discussion, historical retrospect and testimony from practitioners . . . The chapters are satisfyingly even in quality, and address key questions with sharpness and honesty. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Bowden was Area Local Ministry Officer in the Diocese of Gloucester, UK. Leslie J Francis is Professor of Religions and Education at the University of Warwick and Canon Theologian at Bangor Cathedral, UK. Elizabeth Jordan until recently ran the Local Ministry Department in Lichfield Diocese, UK. She is now the Lay Education and Training Adviser for Chelmsford Diocese, UK. Simon Oliver is Bishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar. Klappentext 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? Vorwort Authoritative and timely review of the OLM experiment - its achievements, its weaknesses, and its ongoing relevance for the Church today. Zusammenfassung Provides a review of the Ordained Local Ministry (OLM) experiment - its achievements, its weaknesses, and its ongoing relevance for the Church. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Preface Introduction 1. The Ecclesiological Foundations of OLM 2. Laity and Clergy - a theological odyssey 3. OLM in context - a genealogy 4. The relevance of the Northern Michigan Experience of Local Ministry to the English context 5. Local Ministry in Scotland 6. The Empirical Evaluation of OLM 7. The Psychological Profile of OLMs 8. OLM: Ministry in Relationship 9. What Future is there for Ordained Local Ministry? 10. The Gloucester Story 11. A Personal Reflection 12. Strangers and Partners - Re-imagining Ministry Bibliography Index ...
