Employing Lay Ministry Workers

Guidelines for Employing Lay Ministry Workers

Our guidelines are designed to provide potential and current employers based within the Synod with a simplistic overview of what they need to consider when employing and remunerating lay people.

Lay Ministry Workers are generally employed to perform pastoral or missional tasks under the oversight of a Ministry Leader.

Lay Ministry Workers are not ordained religious practitioners.

• Download the Lay Ministry Worker and Lay Specified Ministry of Pastor Remuneration Framework
• Recruit a new employee/lay worker process