Andrew Bowden was Area Local Ministry Officer in the Diocese of Gloucester, UK.Leslie J Francis is Professor of Religions and Education at the University of Warwick and Canon Theologian at Bangor Cathedral, UK.Elizabeth Jordan until recently ran the Local Ministry Department in Lichfield Diocese, UK. She is now the Lay Education and Training Adviser for Chelmsford Diocese, UK.Simon Oliver is Bishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar.

'Here is a collection which breaks new ground in reflecting on the practice of ministry over the past twenty years, the ministry of the people of God as it develops under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Ordained and lay pray, learn and minister together. Collaborative ministry is not an option but a necessity for a mission-focussed, outward looking church.As a survey of local ministry - ordained local ministry and as a model of reflective practice this book demands attention.' - Rt Revd Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford, UK

• ContributorsPreface Introduction 1. The Ecclesiological Foundations of OLM 2. Laity and Clergy - a theological odyssey 3. OLM in context - a genealogy 4. The relevance of the Northern Michigan Experience of Local Ministry to the English context 5. Local Ministry in Scotland 6. The Empirical Evaluation of OLM 7. The Psychological Profile of OLMs 8. OLM: Ministry in Relationship 9. What Future is there for Ordained Local Ministry? 10. The Gloucester Story 11. A Personal Reflection 12. Strangers and Partners - Re-imagining MinistryBibliography Index

Andrew Bowden was Area Local Ministry Officer in the Diocese of Gloucester, UK.Leslie J Francis is Professor of Religions and Education at the University of Warwick and Canon Theologian at Bangor Cathedral, UK.Elizabeth Jordan until recently ran the Local Ministry Department in Lichfield Diocese, UK. She is now the Lay Education and Training Adviser for Chelmsford Diocese, UK.Simon Oliver is Bishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar.

'Here is a collection which breaks new ground in reflecting on the practice of ministry over the past twenty years, the ministry of the people of God as it develops under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Ordained and lay pray, learn and minister together. Collaborative ministry is not an option but a necessity for a mission-focussed, outward looking church.As a survey of local ministry - ordained local ministry and as a model of reflective practice this book demands attention.' - Rt Revd Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford, UK

• ContributorsPreface Introduction 1. The Ecclesiological Foundations of OLM 2. Laity and Clergy - a theological odyssey 3. OLM in context - a genealogy 4. The relevance of the Northern Michigan Experience of Local Ministry to the English context 5. Local Ministry in Scotland 6. The Empirical Evaluation of OLM 7. The Psychological Profile of OLMs 8. OLM: Ministry in Relationship 9. What Future is there for Ordained Local Ministry? 10. The Gloucester Story 11. A Personal Reflection 12. Strangers and Partners - Re-imagining MinistryBibliography Index

Andrew Bowden was Area Local Ministry Officer in the Diocese of Gloucester, UK.Leslie J Francis is Professor of Religions and Education at the University of Warwick and Canon Theologian at Bangor Cathedral, UK.Elizabeth Jordan until recently ran the Local Ministry Department in Lichfield Diocese, UK. She is now the Lay Education and Training Adviser for Chelmsford Diocese, UK.Simon Oliver is Bishop of Antsiranana, Madagascar.

'Here is a collection which breaks new ground in reflecting on the practice of ministry over the past twenty years, the ministry of the people of God as it develops under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Ordained and lay pray, learn and minister together. Collaborative ministry is not an option but a necessity for a mission-focussed, outward looking church.As a survey of local ministry - ordained local ministry and as a model of reflective practice this book demands attention.' - Rt Revd Anthony Priddis, Bishop of Hereford, UK

• ContributorsPreface Introduction 1. The Ecclesiological Foundations of OLM 2. Laity and Clergy - a theological odyssey 3. OLM in context - a genealogy 4. The relevance of the Northern Michigan Experience of Local Ministry to the English context 5. Local Ministry in Scotland 6. The Empirical Evaluation of OLM 7. The Psychological Profile of OLMs 8. OLM: Ministry in Relationship 9. What Future is there for Ordained Local Ministry? 10. The Gloucester Story 11. A Personal Reflection 12. Strangers and Partners - Re-imagining MinistryBibliography Index