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Tables of Contents for Dynamic Local Ministry
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgements
x
Foreword by the Bishop of Ely
xi
Introduction
xiii
What Is Local Ministry?
xiii
Taking the Local Church Seriously
xiv
What Kinds of Ministry?
xiv
Catholic and Local
xv
What's in a Name?
xv
The Story of This Book
xvi
Local Ministry: the Practical Pressures
1
32
Practical Pressures
1
6
Society is changing
2
1
Financial problems
3
2
Not enough ministers
5
1
The multi-parish benefice
5
1
The need for indigenous ministry
6
1
Practical Responses: Finding More Clergy
7
8
Improving the pay and conditions of clergy
7
1
Clergy teams
7
1
The use of readers
8
1
Use of retired clergy
9
1
Non-stipendiary ministers
10
1
Local theological courses
11
1
Indigenous ministry
11
2
Ordained local ministers
13
1
The bishops respond
14
1
Local ministry becomes a movement
15
1
Practical Responses: Encouraging the Laity
15
3
Courses and conferences
15
1
The beginnings of DIY in the parishes
16
1
Lay people begin to do theology
16
1
Churchwardens and PCCs
17
1
Pastoral assistants
17
1
Training in practical ministry
18
1
Practical Responses: Collaborative Ministry
18
15
Non-authorized collaborative ministry
19
1
Authorized local ministry
19
1
Collaborative leadership
19
1
Local ministry teams and OLMs
20
1
Regulations for authorized local ministry
21
1
Three models for local ministry
22
2
How the free churches have responded
24
1
The response of the Roman Catholic Church
25
6
Total ministry
31
2
Local Ministry: the Theological Pressures
33
21
Theological Pressures and Reactions
33
18
Introduction
33
1
The Jews in exile have a conversation with their history
34
1
A conversation with the early church
35
1
The early church and buildings
36
1
Leadership in the early church
37
1
The importance of baptism
38
1
The holy Trinity as a pattern for ministry
38
1
The eucharist as an activity of the whole congregation
39
2
Free to act
41
1
Local priesthood as part of our history
41
3
The development of clergy `oversight'
44
3
The English Free Churches
47
3
The Roman Catholics
50
1
So Where Do We Go from Here?
51
2
A growing consensus about the way forward
51
2
The Human Face of Local Ministry
53
1
The Parishes' Tale
54
32
A Variety of Parishes
54
3
A Variety of People--the Unexpected Ones
57
1
Reservations People Have
58
5
Time
58
1
I'm not clever enough
59
2
Family life
61
1
The Reader
62
1
Relations with the Rest of the Congregation
63
4
When local ministry becomes too local
63
1
Misunderstandings about what the team is for
63
3
Some useful metaphors
66
1
Working as a Team
67
2
Adding to the Team
69
1
Relations with the Incumbent
70
4
The Interregnum
74
1
The OLM and the Team
75
5
The local person
75
1
The OLM and leadership
76
1
The OLM as an extra pair of priestly hands
77
3
Does It Work? Is It a Success?
80
6
Towards all-member ministry
80
1
Growing in confidence
80
1
A ministry that is accepted
81
1
Local and Catholic
81
1
New things happen
82
1
Social involvement
83
1
Individuals grow in spiritual stature
84
1
The challenge to be the body of Christ
85
1
The Priests' Tale
86
33
The Ordained Local Ministers' Tale
86
23
Hearing the call
86
10
Training for ordained local ministry
96
7
Rejoicing in a new role
103
6
The Incumbents' Tale
109
9
Working with the diocese
109
2
Making it work
111
3
Setting up a local ministry team
114
1
Making teams work
115
1
Changing roles
116
1
The interregnum
117
1
The Priests' Tale
118
1
The Officers' Tale
119
27
What Is an Officer?
119
1
Why Do They Do It?
120
7
From Pioneers to Specialists
127
1
What Kind of Training?
127
3
Do We Go for Course Accreditation?
130
1
Ministry Division Inspections
131
2
The Officer and the Diocese
133
5
Resourcing local ministry
133
1
Matching local ministry to the context
134
2
Relations with the bishop
136
2
The Officer at Work
138
8
Hooking the incumbent
138
1
The parish audit
138
2
The PCC decision
140
1
Choosing the team
141
1
Training the team
141
2
A job with no boundaries
143
1
The awesome responsibility of it all
144
2
The Bishops' Tale
146
25
An International Perspective
146
3
Local Ministry in the Church of England
149
1
The Bishops' Story?
150
3
Beginning Local Ministry
153
2
Bishop John's story
153
2
The Story of One Diocese and Two Bishops
155
10
Bishop Andrew's story
155
2
Appointments are key
157
1
Bishop Thomas's story
158
1
A diocesan review
159
1
Balkanization
160
2
Reader ministry
162
3
Local Ministry Without Ordained Local Ministry
165
4
Bishop Alan's story
165
2
Bishop David's story
167
2
Collaborative Episcopacy?
169
2
Local Ministry Around the World
171
41
The USA--the Story So Far
171
11
Encouraging small churches
172
2
From communities gathered round a minister to ministering communities
174
1
The influence of Roland Allen
175
2
New directions in ministry
177
1
Nevada and Northern Michigan
178
4
Some Key Features of Total Ministry
182
13
The gifting exercise
182
1
Training programmes
183
1
Social outreach
184
1
The office of deacon
185
1
Local priests
186
2
Eucharistic ministers
188
1
The seminary-trained priest
189
1
The role of the bishop
189
2
Total ministry and evangelism
191
1
Total ministry and ecumenism
191
1
Total ministry and the indigenous peoples
192
1
International links
193
1
Local ministry and the diocese
193
1
A success story
194
1
New Zealand
195
17
What drives total ministry?
196
1
Where did it come from?
197
1
Gifting and choosing
198
2
The stipendiary
200
1
The stipendiary ministry enabler
201
1
Worship leaders
202
1
Readers
203
1
Priests with local licence
204
2
Does it work?
206
2
Worship in total ministry parishes
208
1
Pastoral care
208
1
The social gospel and total ministry parishes
209
1
Ecumenical relations
210
1
Problems
210
1
In conclusion
211
1
Conclusion
212
4
Bibliography
216