• Welcome to Exploring Eldership

    Welcome to Exploring Eldership. You may be browsing this area for a number of different reasons.  Perhaps you are an Elder and want to refresh your thinking about the eldership role; perhaps you have been asked to consider eldership and are wondering what it’s all about, or you may be exploring what eldership can mean within the United Reformed Church. Whatever your motivation, WELCOME!

    So, what can you expect to find here? Well, you will find information about a number of different topics, all of them critical to the role of an Elder. Scroll down this page to see topic tabs. Click on any of these and you will see a summary of that section with links to specific aspects of those topics. The Introduction tab provides information about navigating and using the site and beginning your Eldership journey.

    • Introduction and useful information

    • God calls Elders

    • Elders as a team

    • Elders and mission

    • Pastoral care

    • Prayer and spirituality

    • Governance

    • URC Publications