Clergy

Clergy finance, Clergy handbook, sabbaticals and Study leave

We celebrate our Self-Supporting Ministers (SSMs) in all their many and varied roles and callings: they are a rich part of the diverse ways this diocese serves our people.

A range of documents and resources for curates and their training incumbents, including Initial Ministry Education (IME) Initial Ministry Education (IME) Phase 2Formation and Training IME2 Handbook 2024-25 (including IME2

Ministerial Development Review (MDR) is available to all licensed clergy in the Diocese of Norwich who hold the Bishop’s Licence.

The diocese introduced a new mediation service from early 2021, with a team of trained volunteers acting as informal mediators in church-based disagreements.

Links to Christian shops, websites, resources and more.

Information about the Registrar’s duties regarding ordinations, collations and institutions, licensing, vacancies, clergy conduct, resignations and with overseas clergy.

A list of places for rest, relaxation and renewal.

Links to useful organisations such as the Annunciation Trust, Commission4mission, Quiet Garden Movement and more.

Information for clergy from our property department about home repairs, claim forms, the housing handbook and more.

Grants in support of training; sabbaticals; to help retired clergy or widowed spouses; and more.

Supporting licensed ministers (ordained, self-supporting, OLMs) and licensed lay workers.

Information about forthcoming confirmation services across the Diocese.

Resources for clergy wellbeing, including counselling provision and information about the Covenant for Clergy Care and Wellbeing.

We recognise that the special nature of the work of the clergy means that the support given by clergy spouses and partners is very important.

The Clergy Discipline Measure 2003 (‘CDM’), together with the Clergy Discipline Rules 2005 (as amended), sets out the processes for dealing efficiently and fairly with formal complaints of serious misconduct against members of the clergy.

The Diocese offers and promotes a wide range of training and learning opportunities.