Steel Angels
The Personal Qualities Of A Priest
Steel Angels
The Personal Qualities Of A Priest
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Paperback / softback
£10.99
Publisher: SPCK Publishing
ISBN: 9780281072224
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 19/06/2014
Width: 13.8 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
The nine criteria the Church of England uses to discern potential vocations to the priesthood are explored, and linked with personal qualities that are necessary for new, but also existing, leaders in a church and culture which has changed much over the last 50 years.
The nine criteria are:
Vocation
Ministry in the Church of England
Faith
Personality
Spirituality
Relationships
Mission and Evangelism
Leadership and Collaboration
Quality of Mind
1 Vocation 1
Resilience: steel angels 1
Presence: to jar and to comfort 9
2 Ministry with the Church of England 17
Hospitality: strangers in our neighbourhood 17
embrace: shades of grey 24
3 Faith 33
Affirmation: naming god in tesco 33
Perseverance: strand of gold 40
4 Spirituality 48
extreme listening: what lies beneath 48
Joy: wearing a colourful shirt 55
5 Mission and Evangelism 63
Sacred speech: how we talk about god 63
Disturbing energy: manageable mission 70
6 Leadership and Collaboration 79
Courageousness: stepping into the void 79
graciousness: the uncompetitive edge 86
7 Relationships 95
Adaptability: clergy as flexible friend 95
Cherishing: the long, loving look 102
8 Personality 110
naturalness: no added sugar 110
nakedness: facing ourselves with honesty 117
9 Quality of Mind 126
thirst: drinking from the well 126
Creativity: water and wine 133
Bibliography 141
