02/06/2015
The Archbishops' Council has today announced the appointment the Revd Canon Dr Ian McIntosh has been appointed as the new Head of Formation in the Ministry Division.
Ian is currently Principal of the Eastern Region Ministry Course and recently served as president of the Cambridge Theological Federation.
The new role of Head of Formation includes responsibility for the Division's work in both discernment and initial ministerial education. Ian will take up his new role at the start of September 2015.
Welcoming his appointment the Director of the Ministry Division the Ven Julian Hubbard said: "I am delighted that Ian has been appointed. Ian brings to the role of Head of Formation extensive experience of ministry and especially of vocational discernment and ministerial formation. This new role will entail partnership with and support for DDOs and TEI principals and staff. At a time of change in these areas of work, I am very pleased that Ian brings his extensive experience in dioceses and TEIs to our ongoing work and cooperation with partners in both sectors. My colleagues in the Ministry Division and I look forward to working with him."
Ian McIntosh said: "I am delighted to be joining Ministry Division at this crucial time for the formation of women and men for ministry in God's world. I look forward to bringing my own experience of formation for ministry within the East of England into the life of the national church. I have a particular commitment to the flourishing of people and of institutions and hope that through listening and collaborative working, we might find ways together of achieving this."
Following curacies in London Diocese in Belmont and Pinner, Ian McIntosh served as Chaplain to Leicester University before working in a group of rural parishes in St Albans Diocese and rural dean of Sharnbrook. His contribution to ministerial education has included work with both ordinands and Readers as well as wide cooperation with ecumenical colleagues.
Ian's theological interests include the study of the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the world as well as the Church. His doctoral studies were in the understanding of the presence of the Spirit in the world as expressed by the German theologian Jurgen Moltmann. His wide experience of ministerial education has developed not only in his present post but also through responsibility for Reader training in both Leicester and in the East of England and involvement more widely in nurturing adult discipleship.