A practical, jargon free guide to key aspects of canon and public law for clergy, readers, churchwardens, PCC members and diocesan officers, covering common situations that affect every church. Now updated to include Common Tenure, the Marriage Act and government changes in vetting those who work with children and vulnerable adults.

David Parrott

Your Church and the Law

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Foreword

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1. Introduction

2. Why Does the Church Need Laws?

3. Churchwardens

4. APCMs

5. PCCs

6. Baptisms

7. Marriage

8. Funerals and Churchyards

9. Clergy

10. Clergy Appointments and Terms of Service

11. Clergy Discipline

12. Reader Ministry

13. Rural Deans

14. Faculties

15. Worship

16. Parish Finance

17. Ecumenism

18. Employing Staff

19. Working with Volunteers

20. Safeguarding Children and Adults

21. Health and Safety

22. Data Protection

Bibliography

Appendix: Legal Material and Sources

Every church and church organisation is subject to a range of public law, and Anglican churches are also governed by canon law. The language in which laws are written are often intelligible to legal specialists only, and so this simple, jargon free guide to understanding key legal requirements will be widely welcomed. This useful reference volume covers a wide range of common situations including: child protection, health and safety, employing staff, working with volunteers, appointing church officers, data protection, marriage and the law, and funerals and graveyards. It outlines the basic and essential knowledge that is needed in each area and includes Frequently Asked Questions and real-life scenarios. An essential reference volume for every church.

DAVID PARROTT is Guild Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry - next Guildhall in the Diocese of London and Education Adviser for the Ecclesiastical Law Society.

A practical, jargon-free guide to the aspects of public law that affect churches. Covering common situations that affect every congregation, it explains a church's legal requirements for child protection, health and safety, employing staff, data protection, working with volunteers and more. An essential reference volume for every church.

A straightforward guide for churches on public and canon law. Covers child protection, health and safety, staff employment, and more. Essential for church leaders and administrators.

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This guide simplifies church law, making legal requirements clear and accessible.

This book is a great deal more accessible and useful than its title might suggest. Covering 22 key areas of ministry David Parrott’s guide provides a useful introduction to the legal implications of just about everything that is likely to cross a modern minister’s desk.  
Each chapter begins with a scenario many of which will be readily recognisable to the experienced priest, and each chapter ends with invaluable recommendations for resources or web sites. In between the material presented is succinct, clear and easily digestible.  
Inevitably books of this kind have their limits. From my own perspective for instance, there is virtually nothing on District Church Councils or Team Ministries. This means that the wise minister will also have other related books on their shelves such as the excellent yet more dense (and older) Practical Church Management. It is also unclear how this – second – edition compares with the first, which perhaps is a slight oversight.  
Those caveats aside this is an excellent addition to any busy minister’s shelf and a fast route to many an answer on everything from marriage to faculties, safeguarding to the basics of charity law. It should at the very least reduce the number of calls to the local Registrar.

Your Church &amp; The Law

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