Ministry Support

An Ordained Stipendiary Minister is:

Someone set aside by the Church to hold the office of a priest and whose focus will very often be to hold overall responsibility for the leadership of a parish or benefice.

The Ordination service for Priests says: “Priests are ordained to lead God’s people in the offering of praise and the proclamation of the gospel. They share with the Bishop in the oversight of the Church, delighting in its beauty and rejoicing in its well-being. They are to set the example of the Good Shepherd always before them as the pattern of their calling. With the Bishop and their fellow presbyters, they are to sustain the community of the faithful by the ministry of word and sacrament, that we all may grow into the fullness of Christ and be a living sacrifice acceptable to God.”