The Path To Effective Ministry 2: Training Pathways for a Variety of Ministries
‘CITI is responsible to the bishops for ministerial formation and lay training within the life of the Church of Ireland. Under God the Institute seeks to be a learning environment that embodies the values of Christian discipleship and community.’ These words from the Theological Institute website capture an overall sense of our core purpose and ethos. All training pathways are for the furtherance of episcopally-sanctioned and gospel-focused ministry, and in turn, all such ministry must be grounded in, and develop from, personal faith commitment, appropriately nurtured vocation and a demonstrable response to Christ’s command to share the good news.
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Maurice Elliott
is Principal of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute and a Church of Ireland representative on the Anglican Consultative Council.