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Procedure For The Issue Of Certificate Of Eligability To A Community Worker From Another Church To Enter The List Of Accredited Church Related Community Workers In The United Reformed Church

Mission Council agreed to the issue of certificate of eligibility to community related workers from other churches so that they might be appointed to a project approved by the United Reformed Church and enter the list of accredited Church Related Community Workers of the United Reformed Church.

 

The procedure for such a course of action shall be;

 

1. Initial enquiries shall be directed to the Secretary for Ministries who will send the community worker an application form.

 

2. On receipt of the completed form the Secretary for Ministries will;

i) ascertain the applicant is community worker in good standing with their own denomination;

ii) obtain other references;

iii) confirm that previous training was equivalent to that required of Church Related Community Workers in the United Reformed Church;

iv) confirm that the applicant's own denomination is a member Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, Council for World Mission or World Alliance of Reformed Churches;

v) confirm that the applicant understands the financial provision given by the URC.

 

(In the case of iii, iv, v above any concerns will not necessarily preclude the application going

before the Accreditation Sub-Committee of the Ministries Committee. However the committee will need to be aware of any complicating factors in assessing the application.)

 

3. If the applicant is in England, Scotland or Wales the CRCW Development Worker will be asked to arrange an interview with the applicant with a view to recommending him/her as a Church Related Community Worker in the United Reformed Church.

 

4. In the case of overseas applications the Community Worker's present church will be asked to provide further information.

 

5. The Accreditation Sub-Committee shall consider the completed application and may then issue Certificate of Eligibility

(If the Community Worker's own denomination is not a member of church of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, the Council for World Mission or the World Alliance of Reformed Churches; the certificate shall not be issued until the application has been approved by General Assembly or Mission Council.)

 

6. Certificates of Eligibility are valid for three years. During that time the Moderators of Synod are free to introduce the name of the holder of the certificate to potential projects in the United Reformed Church;

 

7. If an appointment is made the name of the community worker is entered onto the list of accredited Church Related Community Workers of the United Reformed Church.

 

8 If after three years no appointment is made the certificate will lapse.