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31st Report of the Central Stipends Authority
Information and recommendations relating to clergy stipends
(2004) GS Misc 740
£3.00   

Equipping the Saints: The Moderation of Reader Training 1999-2003 A report by Mrs Wendy Thorpe, Honorary National Moderator for Reader Training (2003) £5.00

Statistics of Licensed Ministers 2002
(2003)
£3.00  

Ministry Division Annual Report 2002
(2003)
£3.50  

Formation for Ministry within a Learning Church The Report of the working party for the Structure and Funding of Ordination Training (SFOT) (2003) GS 1496 £12.50

	Formation for Ministry within a Learning Church - The Summary The summary of the report of the working party for the Structure and Funding of Ordination Training (2003) GS Misc 710 £3.95
	Mission and Ministry (2nd Edition) The Churches' Validation Framework for Theological Education. New ecumenical edition. (2003) £6.00

Bridging the Gap
Reader ministry today - a book for those seeking to discover their vocation in Christian Ministry.
(2002)
£7.95

Preparing for Ordained Ministry
Good practice in assessment and in reporting on candidates within initial training.
(2002)
£3.50

Mind the Gap Integrated Continuing Ministerial Education for the Church's ministers. (2001) £5.50

Managing Planned Growth
The Supplementary Report of the Vote 1 Review Group.
(2001)
£3.50  

Generosity & Sacrifice The Report of the Clergy Stipends Review. (2001) £8.95

Generosity & Sacrifice
The results of the clergy stipends survey.
(2001)
£8.95 

Managing Planned Growth
The Initial Report of the Vote 1 Review Group.
(2000) GS Misc 597
£3.50  

Reader Ministry and Training - 2000 and Beyond Pictures of Reader Ministry. (2000) £3.00

Other publications:

Moderation of Reader Training 1994-1999
(1999)
£2.50 

Stranger in the Wings
A report on Local Non-Stipendiary Ministry.
(1999) GS Misc 532
£6.95   

Deacons Now
Report of the Working Party Concerned with Women in Ordained Ministry.
(1991)
£4.00

Call to Order
Vocation and Ministry in the Church of England.
(1989)
£2.00  

Call to Order Study Guide
(1989)
£0.50  

Ministry Papers

No.1
Ordination and the Church's Ministry
An Interim Evaluation of College and Course Responses to ACCM Paper No.22.
(1992)
£1.50 

No.2
Numbers, Cost, Recruitment and Deployment
Responses by the Dioceses of the Church of England to The Ordained Ministry: Numbers, Cost and Deployment GS Misc 858 (1988) and Call to Order (ACCM 1989).
(1992)
£1.50  

No.3
Integration and Assessment:
An Interim Evaluation of College and Course Responses to ACCM Paper No.22
The report of an ABM Working Party on Educational Practice.
(1992)
£1.50  

No.4
A Review of LNSM Schemes:
Developments of Ministry and Training in recent diocesan proposals for LNSM
The report of a Working Party of the Initial Ministerial Education Committee.
(1992)
£1.50  

No.5
Order in Diversity
Variety, Numbers and Issues for the Ordained Ministry of the Church of England.
(1993)
£3.00 

No.6
Ministerial Review: its purpose and practice
The report of a Working Party on Clergy Appraisal.
(1994)
£2.50

No.7

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No.8
Facing the Challenge of Racism
Story, reflection and practice in theological education and training.
Sehon Goodridge, Susan Parsons and Robin Richardson (1994)
£3.50  

No.10
Current Proposals for Mixed-Mode Training for the Church of England
The report of working group of ABM's Initial Ministerial Education Committee.
(1995)
£2.00  

No.11
Partners in Marriage and Ministry
A practical guide for husbands and wives engaged in professional ministry together, and for their advisers.
(1995)
£1.20  

No.12
Steering Group for Theological Courses
The final report to ABM and the House of Bishops.
(1996)
£2.50  

No.13
Recovering Confidence: The Call to Ordained Ministry in a Changing World
The Report of the Recruitment Strategy Working Party.
(1996)
£4.50  

No.14
The Church among Deaf People
A Report prepared by a Working Party of the Committee for Ministry among Deaf People for the General Synod of the Church of England's Advisory Board of Ministry.
(1997) GS 1247
£4.95  

No.15
Issues in Theological Education and Training
Gordon Kuhrt (1997) GS Misc 507
£3.00  

No.16
The Care of Candidates
The care of candidates before and after selection conferences.
(1992)
£2.00  

No.17
Beginning Public Ministry
Guidelines for ministerial formation and personal development for the first four years after ordination.
(1998)
£2.50  

No.18
Shaping Ministry for a Missionary Church
A Review of Diocesan Ministry Strategy Documents 1997.
(1998)
£1.90  

No.19
Servants and Shepherds
Developments in the Theology and Practice of Ministerial Review.
(1998)
£2.50  

No.20
The Deployment of Readers
A way forward in ministry.
(1998)
£2.00  

Policy Papers

No. 1
Local NSM
The Report of a Church of England Working Party concerned with Local Non-Stipendiary Ministry.
(1991)
£1.50 

No. 2
Bishops' Regulations for Reader Ministry
(2000)
£2.50   

No. 3A
The Report of a Working Party on Criteria for Selection for Ministry in the Church of England
(1993)
£4.00  

No. 3B
Criteria for Selection: Excerpted from the Report of a Working Party on Criteria for Selection for Ministry in the Church of England
(1993)
£1.75  

No. 4
Moving out of full-time ministry
Arrangements for clergy who move out of full-time ministry in the Church of England.
(1994)
£2.50  

No. 5
Regulations for Non-Stipendiary Ministry
(1996)
£1.20

No. 6
A Review of Selection Procedures in the Church of England: the Report of a Working Party
(1995)
£4.50

No. 7
Selection for Reader Ministry
(1998)
£2.00 

ABM/ACCM Occasional Papers

Series 1 (a limited number of copies are still available)

No. 1
Local Ministry
Interim Report of an ACCM Working Party
(1974)
£0.20 

No. 2
Survey of Accredited Lay Ministry
Miss C. Howard
(1975)
£0.30  

No. 3
The Ministry of the People of God
Canon Hugh Melinksy
(1975)
£0.20  

No. 4
Two Surveys of ordinands in the Church of England: a comparative analysis
The Revd Dr Anthony Russell
(1976)
£0.20

No. 5
Education for Pastoral Ministry
Report of an ACCM Working Party
(1976)
£1.00  

No. 6
The Educational Role of Theological Colleges and Seminaries
Report of a Consultation
(1977)
£0.30

No. 7
Saint Augustine's College, Canterbury 1969-1975
The Revd Anthony Harvey
(1974)
£0.20   

No. 8
An Honorary Ministry
W H Saumarez Smith
(1977)
£0.75 

Second Series (A limited number of copies are still available)

No. 9
Spirituality in Ordination Training
(1981)
£0.50 

No. 10
The Training of Training Incumbents
(1982)
£0.30  

No. 11
Learning and Teaching in Theological Education
(1982)
£0.50   

No. 13
Management and Administration
Courses for clergy.
(1983)
£0.50  

No. 14
Women in Training
(1983)
£0.50  

No. 15
An Integrating Theology
Peter Baelz
(1983)
£0.50  

No. 16
Joint Ministries Consultation
(1984)
£0.50  

No. 17
The Training of Incumbents with Oversight of Non-Stipendiary Ministers
The Training of Training Incumbents: Part 2
(1984)
£0.50  

No. 18
A College and Course in Conversation
(1984)
£0.50   

No. 19
Experience and Authority
Issues underlying doing theology.
(1984)
£1.00  

No. 20
The Media and the Parish Ministry
A Pilot Course.
(1985)
£0.75  

No. 22
Education for the Church's Ministry
The Report of the Working Party on Assessment.
(1987)
£1.00  

No. 25
Theological Education Today
A Speech by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
(1987)
£0.50  

No. 26
When the Vicar Moves
A Report on the consultation about interregna.
(1987)
£0.50  

No. 27
The Servant Leader
Some impressions of the Diaconate.
(1987)
£0.50  

No. 28
Before you Leap
Moving to an inner city parish.
(1988)
£0.50   

No. 29
Theology in Practice
The Proposals of the ACCM Working Party on Urban Studies Centres.
(1988)
£0.20   

No. 30
Ordination Training on Courses
The Report of the Working Party on the Structure and Finance of Theological Courses.
(1989)
£1.00  

No. 31
Ordained Ministry in Secular Employment
Reflections on the History and Theology.
(1989)
£1.00  

No. 33
Placements prior to Ordination Training
(1990)
£0.50   

No. 34
Staff Development in Theological Colleges and Courses
The Report of the Principals' and Staffs' Working Party on Staff Development.
(1990)
£1.00  

No. 35
Employing Lay Staff
Guidelines to good practice.
(1990)
£1.00  

No. 37
Selection for Reader Ministry
A Report on Criteria and Good Practice
(1990)
£1.20  

No. 38
Residence - An Education
The Report of a Working Party concerned with the concept of Residence in Theological Training
(1990)
£1.50   

No. 39
Good Practice in Group and Team Ministry
A practical guide for those working in or considering working in Group or Team Ministries
(1991)
£1.20