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What is Ministry in Secular Employment?


It is Christian ministry exercised by accredited ministers, ordained and lay, within and through any kind of secular work. Work and working relationships are its raw material. The ministry is full-time when expressed in full-time work.



What do Ministers in Secular Employment (MSEs) do?


Their ministry is integral to their full-time work. By being in the workplace they are saying: 'This work, these situations, these people, and the people for whom this work is done, matter to the God who has called me and to the Church which has accredited me'. Through 'being there' MSEs have opportunities to



Whenever they lead worship or discussion in church their experience of faith at work becomes an invaluable resource.