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Clause 5
LEADERSHIP
The exercise of the total caring
oversight by which Christ’s people grow in faith and love is the special
concern of elders and ministers, which may be complemented by the work of a Church Related
Community Worker [‘CRCW’]. Before a call
can be issued by a Church Meeting to a Minister of Word and Sacrament or a CRCW
the procedures to be followed shall have been agreed by the Church Meeting after
considering the recommendations of the Elders’ Meeting and any guidance issued
under the authority of councils of the wider United Reformed Church.
5.1 MINISTERS
A Local Church may, at
any one time, have one or more ministers in pastoral charge; these are called
to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament.
5.2 CHURCH RELATED COMMUNITY WORKERS
A Local Church may at any
one time have one or more Church Related Community Workers. They are called to a ministry of caring,
challenging and praying for the community.
5.3 ELDERS
5.3.1 The church
meeting shall adopt such methods of electing Elders as it shall from time to time see fit and determine
how long elected Elders shall serve and whether or not there must be an
interval between the completion of a period of service and election for a
subsequent period.
5.3.2. [The Church Meeting/the Elders] shall
make such rules and regulations relating to the calling and conduct of Elders
Meetings as they shall from time to time think fit.