Anglican ministry is both the leadership and agency of Christian service in the Anglican Communion.
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14 Facts About Anglican ministry
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Each of the provinces of the Anglican Communion has a high degree of independence from the other provinces, and each of them have slightly different structures for ministry, mission and governance.
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Churches of the Anglican ministry Communion maintain the historical episcopate, which ordains clergy into the three orders of deacon, priest and bishop.
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Bishops provide the leadership for the Anglican ministry Communion, including the Free Church of England, in accordance with episcopal polity.
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Anglican ministry bishops are often identified by the purple clergy shirt and cassock they are entitled to wear.
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For many, being an Anglican ministry means being in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Each member church of the Anglican ministry Communion is an independent body headed by a primate.
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All of the member churches of the Anglican ministry Communion comprise one or more ecclesiastical province, a grouping of dioceses for administrative purposes.
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The majority of bishops in the Anglican ministry Communion are the spiritual, pastoral, and executive heads of dioceses.
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Priestly Anglican ministry is derived from that of bishops in that they are licensed to a cure of souls by a diocesan or area bishop.
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In worship, the traditional vesture for Anglican ministry priests is their choir dress of cassock, surplice, academic hood and a black tippet.
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Different member churches of the Anglican ministry Communion have different structures of cathedral clergy.
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The rationale for licensing is that the Anglican ministry is considered too specialised or otherwise extraordinary to be carried out in the absence of individual evaluation and recommendation.
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