Terms and conditions
Terms and conditions
A pastoral care organisational member needs to have a Christian foundation and accept ACC’s Statement of Faith.
A pastoral care organisational member (church) needs to belong to a church denomination with a recognised Christian tradition1 and accept ACC’s Statement of Faith.
The organisational member will:
- Be aware and supportive of ACC’s vision.
- Hold the Guidelines for Good Practice in Pastoral Care for their pastoral workers.
- Be accountable for their pastoral work and organisational practices to their denomination or central organisation and refrain from any activity that brings ACC or the wider ministry of pastoral care into disrepute.
- Uphold the principle and practice of equipping pastoral workers through training.
- Uphold the principle and practice of supporting its pastoral workers through clear systems, caring for one another and establishing practices of self-reflection and self-care.
- Nominate a named individual as the contact person who will circulate communications from ACC to others in the affiliate.
- Keep their membership record and contact details up to date.
1ACC is an ecumenical Christian charity which recognises membership from those who identify with Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox churches’ beliefs and faith expressions.