Guide to ministry

FIRST STEPS TO MINISTRIES

The Ministries Council runs an enquiry process to help those who sense a call to any of the ministries within the Church of Scotland to consider their sense of 'calling' to Church service in a supportive environment.

Through the enquiry process, the council intends to help potential candidates to:

• have an opportunity to explore and test their sense of call together with the wider Church;
• find opportunities to evaluate the personal implications of their call to service;
• examine their personal faith and motivation;
• expand their experience of congregational life and explore their understanding of the way in which the church is organised;
• be enabled to make a serious assessment of the gifts needed for the variety of forms of ministry of the Church;
• obtain a direct response to their questions and concerns in a structure of caring, supportive relationships.

Attendance at one of our enquirers' conferences, which are held twice each year, is the first stage of the enquiry process. For more information and to book your place on the next enquirers' conference, click here to visit the Ministries Council.

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Ministries in the Church
A guide to the range of ministries roles including ministers, deacons, readers and elders

Chaplains
Our representatives in faith to industry, hospitals, prisons, universities and the Armed Forces

First steps to ministries
The 'call' to the ministries of the Church, recruitment, training, support and development

Deaf ministry
Supporting initiatives and providing resource for deaf people in the Church

New charge developments
Building communities of faith specific to the needs of the local area

Area team ministry
Parishes sharing aspects of ministry in a positive, mission-based way

Priority areas
Commitment to the economically poorest parishes of Scotland

The Ministries Council
The administration of the planning, deployment, support and development of the Church's ministries