Association of Ordinands and Candidates for Ministry

Working for Anglican Ordinands in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Welcome to the website for AOCM

Welcome to AOCM.

You may be an ordinand in training, someone selected for training but yet to start, or someone examining a call to ordained ministry. For all of these, I hope you will find this website helpful.

Since 1968, the Association of Ordinands and Candidates for Ministry (pronounced “ay-occ-um”) has sought to represent every ordinand sponsored for training by an Anglican Bishop on the British Isles or as a Church Army Evangelist.

Our aims are:

to represent the views and concerns of ordinands to central church bodies
to inform ordinands about changes in churches’ policies affecting ordinands
to promote fellowship and understanding between ordinands

Thank you for visiting,

See What is AOCM? for more information.

If you are an Ordinand, the college, course or training scheme you attend will have an AOCM Representative. Speak to them for more information.

The 2006 - 2007 handbook is now available on line. To download your copy select the appropriate link.

In Microsoft word doc format

In PDF format.

Welcome to our Reps' Conferences!

The dates for the AOCM Reps' Conferences for 2006-7 are available on this website. We have done all we can to avoid clashes with Residential Weekends for those on Courses or Schemes. It would be good to have a Representative there from each training institution. Remember, AOCM will reimburse your travel expenses! See here for the dates and venues.

Some happy, smiling faces from the Nottingham Conference 2006

The AOCM Executive

The AOCM Executive serves from Easter to Easter each year. Details of the current executive, with contact details, are on the website.

AOCM Survey 2006

This survey was designed by the AOCM Committee in response to various concerns raised over recent years with AOCM Representatives and national officers. The survey was distributed and collected by AOCM Reps at colleges, courses and OLM schemes during February and March 2006.

To download a copy of the survey please click here.

Site updated 15th May 2007

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