Local Lay-Pastors

‘What’s this new Local Lay-Pastor thing all about?’ I hear you say. Well, it is not really new. The office might be, but the work of lay people serving church communities in such a way is as old as the Christian church itself – and, of course, lay people leading and providing pastoral care empowered the Methodist movement. All it took was someone to recognise the potential and organise the right structures to enable people to serve.