Priests in Secular Work: Participating in the “Missio Dei” stocked Holy Places (Lion Hudson

Holy Places (Lion Hudson

of those many English parsonages now in private hands and hosting a prized lifestyle

As a contemporary journalist wrote of him

Nigel Rooms is an Anglican priest

not to provide formulaic answers to grief or suffering

Priests in Secular Work: Participating in the “Missio Dei” stocked Holy Places (Lion HudsonFor large parts of the Church of England, standard models of ordained ministry are the full time stipendiary priesthood, or, alternatively, chaplaincy. Yet, there are a growing number of clergy for whom their vocation consists of life in the Church and work in the secular world. Jenny Gage argues that in the twenty first century, priests in secular work (PSW) are not a new phenomenon, and they have a specific vocation, not to be subsumed under any