Special interest projects relating to spiritual direction:

Church life and ministry

Each participant in the second year of the Spiritual Growth Ministries Spiritual Directors' Formation Programme engages in a project on an aspect the work of spiritual direction in which they have a particular interest.

​The following papers explore the relationship of spiritual direction to life and ministry in the Church:

> Buried Seed: Spiritual Direction and the Vineyard Movement - Fran Francis

> Contemplative Prayer Life and Belonging in Church - Margaret Dewse

> Resistance in Pastors to Spiritual Direction - Jane Wilkinson

> Sacred Hospitality: Creating a Sacred Space for Those Outside the Church - Liz Maluschnig

> Spiritual Abuse - Jeannie Cochrane

> Spiritual Direction as a Model for Pastoral Ministry - Brian Hamilton

> Spiritual Direction for Those in Ordained Ministries - Murray Mills (with Appendix to download separately)

> Spiritual Direction, the Kingdom and the Emerging Church - Bruce Warwick

> The Challenge and the Grace of Spiritual Direction in Ordained Ministry - Lynda Wards 

> The Ministry of Spiritual Direction - An Interface between Church & Society - Derek Shore