by NDMinistry | Jul 15, 2026 | Leadership Guides, Support Guides
A Guide for Training Incumbents, Supervisors, and Ministry Leaders Ministry training is an intense season of spiritual formation, academic study, and practical service. For trainees with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the weight of spiritual responsibility...
by NDMinistry | Jul 15, 2026 | Leadership Guides, Support Guides
A Guide for Training Incumbents, Supervisors, and Ministry Leaders Ministry training is an intense season of spiritual formation, academic study, and practical service. For autistic trainees, navigating the highly social, unpredictable, and sensory-rich environment of...
by NDMinistry | Jul 15, 2026 | Leadership Guides, Support Guides
A Guide for Training Incumbents, Supervisors, and Ministry Leaders Ministry training is an intense season of spiritual formation, academic study, and practical service. For trainees with dyspraxia (also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder or DCD), navigating...
by NDMinistry | Jul 15, 2026 | Leadership Guides, Support Guides
A Guide for Training Incumbents, Supervisors, and Ministry Leaders Ministry training is an intense season of spiritual formation, academic study, and practical service. For centuries, the Church has been a highly text-based institution, which can make the training...
by NDMinistry | Jul 15, 2026 | Leadership Guides, Support Guides
A Guide for Training Incumbents, Supervisors, and Ministry Leaders Ministry training—whether serving as a curate or preparing for lay ministry—is an intense season of spiritual formation, academic study, and practical service. For trainees with Attention Deficit...
by NDMinistry | Jun 11, 2026 | ADHD and Discernment, Dyslexia and Discernment, The Discernment Process
You’ve packed your bags, left the residential panel, and made it home. The intense adrenaline of Stage 2 is wearing off, leaving you with one daunting task: waiting for the Bishop’s report. For a neurodivergent brain, this gap between the panel and hearing from your...
by NDMinistry | May 13, 2026 | The Discernment Process
The discernment process is rarely straightforward. Whether you are just starting to research theological colleges or prepping for national panels, a big practical question sits at the end of it all. Where will you actually train? Many candidates default to the one or...
by NDMinistry | Feb 19, 2026 | Practicing Faith
If you are neurodivergent and in the Church of England discernment process, you are probably already exhausted. You are navigating a system built for neurotypical administrators. You may be decoding C4 Faculty forms, waiting out the endless silence between DDO...
by NDMinistry | Feb 13, 2026 | ADHD and Discernment, Dyslexia and Discernment, Stage 2 Guides, The Discernment Process
If you’re preparing for your Stage 2 Discernment Panel, you might be looking at the timetable and feeling a familiar knot in your stomach when you see the words: Group Exercise. For those of us with dyslexia, ADHD, or other neurodivergent traits, group tasks can...