Department of Church Life and Nurture

DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH LIFE AND
NURTURE
(1) Committee on Christian Education
(a) Membership
(i) One Chairperson of Presbytery
(ii) One Educationist
(iii) Two Lecturers in Theological
Institutions
(iv) Two Ministers with qualifications in
Christian Education
(v) One member each from the Generational
Groups
(vi) One Director of a Lay Training
Institution
(vii) One Presbyter
(viii) The Director, Department of Church
Life and Nurture
(a) Functions
(i) Work out a mechanism for providing
members of the Church with Christian
Education.
(ii) Ensure that members understand and
imbibe the Christian Faith.
(iii) Produce syllabi and time tables for
religious instruction and organize
non-formal education classes in
collaboration with the Committee on
Non-Formal Education.
(iv) Recommend suitable books and
equipment/teaching aids necessary for
the purpose of Christian education.
(v) Organize courses, conferences and
retreats for teachers and leaders of
Church Groups.
(vi) Conduct research into Christian
Education programmes for further
improvement and make appropriate
recommendations to the Church.
(vii) Advise the General Assembly on policy
matters on the Generational Groups.
(viii) Develop manuals for use by the various
generational groups in the Church.
(ix) Supervise and promote the work of the
Generational Groups.
(x) Liaise with institutions of Lay training
in the Church for Lay training, capacity
building and leadership development
for Groups in the Church.
(xi) Perform any other functions as may be
directed by the General Assembly.
(2) Committee on Worship
(a) Membership
(i) One Minister
(ii) One Catechist
(iii) One Presbyter
(iv) One Theologian
(v) One Lecturer from a Lay Training
Institution of the Church
(vi) One expert in Church music
(vii) One member from the Church Choirs’
Union
(viii) One member from the Singing Bands’
Union
(ix) One member from the Northern
Outreach Programme/Ministry
(x) One Youth
(xi) The Director, Department of Church
Life and Nurture
(b) Functions
(i) Arrange the pericope and Almanac of
the Church.
(ii) Advise and keep under review the
Liturgy for various services and rites in
English and in the Local languages
(iii) Promote the enrichment of Church
Worship and by the introduction of
acts of devotion in accordance with the
Reformed Tradition but sensitive to the
African context.
(iv) Conduct research into traditional
worship with a view to finding and
recommending ways whereby our
Reformed form of Worship may be
conveniently indigenised.
(v) Assist in raising the standard of
performance of musical groups within
the Church, both instrumental and
choral.
(vi) Formulate guidelines to encourage the
functioning of the Church Choirs and
Singing Bands in the Worship life of
the Church.
(vii) Promote the composition and learning
of hymns in the Church and in Schools
of the Church.
(viii) Perform any other functions as may be
directed by the General Assembly.
(3) Committee on Ministry: Training and
Scholarship
(a) Membership
(i) One past Clerk of the General
Assembly
(ii) One past Chairperson of Presbytery
(iii) One Chairpesrson of Presbytery
(iv) Two Women (one lay and one ordained)
(v) One Presbyter
(vi) One PCG Lecturer from the Trinity
Theological Seminary
(vii) One Faculty Member from a Tertiary
Institution
(viii) The Director of Finance
(ix) The Director, Department of
Administration and Human Resource
Management