The purpose of the Council for Developing Discipleship and Ministry is:-

a) to develop and implement a strategy for deepening faith and discipleship in individuals and in congregations and for recruitment and training for ministry, lay and ordained, formal and informal, in line with diocesan policy as defined by the Diocesan Synod and the Bishop's Council.

b) to promote Christian Giving as an expression of Christian discipleship;

c) to have responsibility for the integration of Reader ministry, with the Readers' Board, as a permanent working Group of the Council;

d) to advise the Diocesan Synod and the Bishop's Council in relation to future developments of diocesan policy in these areas;

e) to cooperate with the Pastoral Committee in advising the Bishop about deployment of ministers; and

f) to monitor the work of officers accountable to the Council, receiving their advice and offering them support and encouragement.

Follow the links below for more information about support offered by members of the Council for Developing Discipleship and Ministry:-

Training & learning for lay people
Training & learning for readers
Training & learning for clergy

Main contacts in the Council for
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