Equipping for Ministry

Noël Staples reflects on being a ‘guided mystic’ at an Equipping for Ministry course

Equipping for Ministry students. | Photo: Photo: Noël Staples

What is Equipping for Ministry (EfM)? I’ve been quite surprised at how little is generally known among Friends about Woodbrooke’s ‘little gem’ – the ‘Equipping for Ministry’ course. Perhaps it’s the nearest British Quakers have to ordination, or even to spiritual direction training. At Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) this year Woodbrooke had an EfM desk in the events programme on the Saturday. There was a good deal of interest.

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