Saturday 4 September 2010

Professional Association for Clergy?

I've been asked to join a small working party that is looking into establishing a professional association for clergy. With the changes to clergy terms of service it is felt important that we have some kind of support for when problems occur. At general Synod in July the House of Clergy passed the following motion.

That this House
(a) authorize the Standing Committee to appoint a group to enter into discussions with Unite about the possible establishment within Unite of a professional association for the clergy of the Church of England,
(b) affirm that it would expect the conduct and ethos of such a professional association to reflect the ethos of the Church of England and the professional standards of its clergy; and
(c) request the newly elected Standing Committee to report back to the House on the outcome of such discussions in July 2011.
Passed by House of Clergy of the General Synod  9 July 2010

I'd be very interested to know what people think of this idea. At a national meeting of the Chairs of the Houses of Clergy we had a presentation from people from Unite, which was rather disappointing and some people are quite cynical. It seems to me that working with Unite could offer a good solution but much will depend on the discussions.

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