Local churches and their leadership often find it valuable to have objective outside help in thinking through issues with which they are grappling. Individual church leaders often find themselves needing outside pastoral support. Partnership may well be able to offer you help with these matters.

Consultants

Partnership has a team of experienced church leaders who can advise churches and their leaderships, and assist individuals. Some have nationally-known ministries. Others have long years of grappling with the problems of leading a particular congregation from day-to-day. The consultancy service is co-ordinated by the National Director. He can help identify the consultant who would be best placed to deal with the particular case. Click here for more details of what Partnership consultants are expected to try to do to help you.

Speakers on specialist subjects

Local churches and others often want to deal with specialist subjects, to help their congregations place current issues within an appropriate Biblical context.  Often, however, they do not know who are the right people to approach to speak on the topics.  Click here for a list of speakers with details of their specialist subjects.

Helpline

Local church leaders sometimes need urgent help. The National Director provides this service (+44 (0)1223 415757)..

Trust, constitution and property matters

Partnership and other local churches of similar background often have similar needs for advice on legal matters relating to their trusts, constitutions and charity status, and sometimes a good deal of work is needed to bring them up to date. Partnership has an advice service. Contact .

Papers giving general advice on trust matters and orientated particularly to the circustances of Partnership churches are:

      Bringing trust and trusteeship arrangements up to date (December 2008)

      Religious charities, public benefit and related matters (April 2009)

Ministers at large and Ambassadors at large

A number of senior people who have long been in Christian ministry are available to speak at local church events, regional meetings, etc. Those in the UK are known as Partnership Ministers at large. Abroad, there are a number of Ambassadors at large who have a similar ministry but in a number of different countries, either internationally or regionally.

Ministers-at-large

• Derek Burnside    , 9 Gordon Road, Exeter EX1 2DH (tel. 01392 274163)
• Alastair Noble, 4 Lynn Drive, Eaglesham, Glasgow G76 0JJ (tel. 01355 302119)
• Graham Poland, 105 Newport Road, Barnstaple, Devon EX32 1SA (tel. 01271 767388)
• Alistair Purss, Sawyers Church, Sawyers Hall Lane, Brentwood CM15 9BN (tel. 01277 210422)

International Ambassadors-at-large

• Derek Copley, Almar,Croft Road, Neacroft, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 8JS (tel. +44 (0)1423 672 791)
• Jonathan Lamb, 16 Eden Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0AB (tel. +44 (0)1865 760131)
• Dr Briand Tatford, B.P. 19, Domaines des Cèdres, F-01710 Thoiry, France (tel. + 33 450 20 48 89)