Church advisory council

The main function was 'to promote the most effective ministry, both of men and women, in the service of the Church and to make appropriate recommendations for this purpose to the Bishops and to the Church Assembly'. The majority of the work of the Council was undertaken by Committees, each with their own terms of reference to guide them. A number of these Committees continued the work of similarly named ones of CACM, but a number of newly formed ones were inaugurated, including the Ministry Committee.

Working parties investigating a subject for a defined period of time, with the outcome normally a report, were used regularly by both the Council directly and most of the Committees. By the Terms of Reference of the Council had widened somewhat, as follows;. To promote the most effective form of accredited ministry, ordained and lay, in the mission of the Church, and to make appropriate recommendations for this purpose to the Bishops and to the General Synod.

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A review of the Committees of ACCM carried out around the same time concluded that the above responsibilities mapped onto the committees as noted below;. By the Terms of Reference of the Council had widened somewhat, as follows; 1. To promote the most effective form of accredited ministry, ordained and lay, in the mission of the Church, and to make appropriate recommendations for this purpose to the Bishops and to the General Synod 2, To encourage the supply of candidates for Holy Orders, and accredited lay ministry 3, To arrange selection conferences to which the Bishops' Selectors can assess the candidates.

A review of the Committees of ACCM carried out around the same time concluded that the above responsibilities mapped onto the committees as noted below; 1, Was not delegated to any committee, except as it remains the overall goal of the whole of ACCM's work 2, Seemed to be the responsibility of the Candidates and Vocations and Publications Committee 3, Was the responsibility of the Candidates Committee 4, Was the responsibility of the Committee for Theological Education 5, Was the responsibility of the Finance and Grants Committee 6, Was the responsibility of the Council, and the Accredited Lay Ministry and readers Committees Chairmen: - The Right Reverend L.

Brown - The Right Reverend A. Gordon - The Right Reverend A.