What is the General Lay Training Pathway?
The general lay training pathway opens up and offers wider access to all of our current lay training courses and comes out of our vision to see all lay people empowered, enabled and equipped; not just those seeking authorisation or licensing through our existing programmes such as Authorised Lay Ministry (ALM) and Licensed Reader Ministry.
ALM and Reader Ministry will still remain as distinct training pathways, but all ministry training courses offered on the ALM pathway are also now open as stand-alone courses to any lay people wanting to develop their calling and gifting to Christian ministry and service.
What does the training involve?
All courses are around 12 sessions long and run from April to July each year. Delivery is a mixture of online and in-person teaching at a variety of venues around the diocese.
There are currently nine courses available:
- Children and Families
- Community Outreach and Social Justice
- Ecology and Creation
- Mission and Evangelism
- Parish Admin, Finance and Governance
- Pastoral Outreach and Listening
- Prayer and Spirituality
- Worship and Liturgy
- Youth Work
How do I apply?
Applications are now closed for our 2025 courses. The next set of courses will begin again in April 2026 with more information available in the new year.
Where can I get more information?
For more details on our lay training courses, please contact the Local Ministry Officer, Jamie Mackenzie.
Email: jamiemackenzie@manchester.anglican.org
Phone: 07553 374 130