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Convener: Revd Ken Chippindale Secretary:
Revd Christine Craven 1 During this year the Sub-Committee met three times as usual. The major part of its time was spent carefully considering the applications received from ministers of other denominations, both in this country and from overseas, who wish to serve in the URC and be admitted to the roll of ministers and list of Church Related Community Workers. Each application is considered according to the criteria agreed by General Assembly in 1991 2 The Accreditation Sub-Committee felt that it would be helpful if members of Assembly received an overview of the work of the committee in granting Certificates of Eligibility in the last four years. During that time, up to the end of January 2002, we received 85 applications for Certificates of Eligibility of which 62 were granted. 33 ministers and 3 CRCWs were transferred onto our Roll. Two of the ministers were non-stipendiary, one is working for a synod rather than in pastoral charge and one is a retired minister. This means that an average of 7.25 ministers a year have gone into stipendiary service in pastorates from other denominations. 3 In order to help ministers from other churches in the UK and from overseas have the necessary and appropriate information when considering serving in the United Reformed Church, a paper entitled All about moving into Ministry in the United Reformed Church has been prepared. This is available from the Ministries Office. This paper is also necessary reading for a church thinking of calling a minister from overseas 4 The Sub-Committee has sought to clarify the procedures in relation to ministers of other churches who serve in local United Reformed Church pastorates and posts and to this end brings a resolution regarding certificates of limited eligibility for the approval of the Assembly 5 Admissions to the Roll of Ministers (from 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002 a) By Ordination - Stipendiary: Janet Adamson, Nicholas Adlem, Andrew Berry, Yolande Burns, Susan Chapman, Sian Collins, Patricia Davis, Carole Gotham, Gary Gotham, Ann Jack, Leslie Mather, Jonathan Morgan, Stuart Nixon, Peter Nunn, Helen Pattie (from Salvation Army), Robert Pope, Christopher Ray, Jane Rowell, Yvonne Stone, Mary Thomas, Jill Thornton, Nigel Warner, Katherine White b) By Ordination - Non-Stipendiary: Hazel Allen, Bruce Allinson, Robert Ash, Neil Eldridge, Leena Knowles, Martin Wheadon, Trevor Williams c) By Transfer from other Churches: Paul Andrianatos (Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa), Ian Croft (Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand), John Fielding (Methodist Church), Naison Hove (Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa), Robert Jennings (Congregational Federation), Denis Simons (Anglican Church of Southern Africa); Terence Sparks (Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa), Alan Spence (Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa), Diana Townsend (Church of Scotland - Non-Stipendiary Service), Ian Wiseman (Church of Scotland), Rodney Woods (Presbyterian Church of USA) d) By Re-instatement Alan Sell 6 Deletions from the Roll of Ministers (from 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002) a) By Resignation and/or Transfer to other Churches: Hartmut Eder (returned to Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz), Martyn Evans (transferred to Presbyterian Church of Wales) 7 Changes within the Roll of Ministers (from 1st March 2001 to 31st March 2002 a) Non-Stipendiary to Stipendiary: Peter Gaskell, Tjarda Murray, Lorraine Mycroft 8 Admissions to the List of CRCW's (from 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002) a) By Commissioning: Linda Granville, Gwen Smithies, Maureen Thompson b) By Transfer from other Churches: Christopher Miller (Church of England), Emmanuel Nkusi (Anglican Church of Rwanda) 9 Lay Preachers The following members have successfully completed their course of study and have been Nationally Accredited between 1st April 2001 and 31st March 2002. Northern Synod: North Western Synod: Mersey Synod: West Midlands Synod: Wessex Synod: Thames North Synod: Southern Synod: Synod of Wales: |
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