Ministry pathways
Ordained Ministry
If you believe God may be calling you towards Ordained Ministry then the first step is to share your thoughts and feelings with people you know and trust. Can they see this vocation in you? You should also have a conversation with your parish priest.
Public Licensed Ministry
In this Diocese both lay and ordained ministry are valued equally and each has some qualities in common while maintaining some important differences.
Lay Ministry
There are thousands of lay ministers using their gifts in a wide variety of different roles, serving alongside ordained ministers. Youth and children’s ministers, churchwardens, licensed lay ministers, and many chaplains, evangelists, missionaries and pioneers are lay people, who are not ordained.
Urban and Estates Ministry
The Bishop’s Adviser for Urban and Estates Ministry, Matthew Price, who is also Vicar of the estate Church, St Mary Magdalene, Gorleston, is available to talk to about any aspect of urban and estate mission.
Rural Ministry
Here in Norfolk, we are surrounded by beautiful countryside and agricultural culture. Life for rural parishes and clergy is very different from their urban counterparts.
Vocations
It is exciting to think that every Christian has a vocation (or ‘calling’) to become more of the person God wants them to be. That vocation will always include a call towards knowing and loving Christ more deeply.