A new group has been formed and tasked with drawing up a Covenant for Clergy Well-being after concerns over stress levels.
The Covenant will be modelled on the Armed Forces Covenant, a Government initiative which encourages employers to be more supportive of veterans and their families.
The Church agreed to take action following a meeting of its governing body in July (pictured below) which heard how work pressures are hampering clergy member's lives and ministries.
Lay and ordained members of the General Synod will contribute to the Covenant, as will individuals with health and education expertise.
General Synod member, Canon Simon Butler said: "Such was the interest in serving on this Working Group and the strength-in-depth of the insights and skills offered to the Appointments Committee that we could have easily populated the Working Group twice over.
"This can only bode well for our work in developing a Covenant for Clergy Well-being that draws on all that the church is learning about how attending to the well-being of the clergy is vital to the mission and ministry of the whole church."
Work on the Covenant will begin this month, with the aim to have proposals ready for when General Synod meets in July 2019.
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