All Saints Centre for Mission & Ministry

For those training part-time for ordained or Reader ministry, the DIocese of Liverpool works with the All Saints Centre for Mission & Ministry.

All Saints works with six dioceses in the North-West and East Midlands to train women and men for creative and mission-focussed leadership in a variety of roles and particularly for ordained and Reader ministry. As well as training all Readers within the Diocese of Liverpool, they train people for a variety of different types of ordained ministry (full-time, part-time, pioneer, local ordained ministry and self-supporting ministry, with people going into both incumbent and assistant roles after their training). The course's offices are in Warrington but teaching takes place across the region.

All Saints is a part-time course designed for people in full-time or part-time employment who are training for ministry.

Sessions are delivered in a mix of weeknight and weekend teaching (with residential weeks each year for people training to be ordained), with online support resources. Though the course offers the option of being accredited for a university qualification, its main focus is on preparing people for ministry.

A central part of its model is linking the teaching input to practical ministry tasks both in your home church and in placements in other churches, fresh expressions or mission contexts. Many of the assessments on the course involve practical ministry tasks like preaching, leading worship, mission planning and presentations.

The course is delivered in a variety of venues across the region, with one of the weeknight venues being in Liverpool diocese.