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- The Revd Dr Ian McIntosh announced as the new Director of Mission and Ministry for the Diocese of York
The Revd Dr Ian McIntosh, currently Head of Formation in the Church of
England’s National Ministry Team, has been appointed as Director of Mission and
Ministry in the Diocese of York from September 2021.
Ian will lead a
reshaped Mission & Ministry Team that draws together the work of York
School of Ministry, the Diocesan Vocations Network and the Training Team with
that of the Multiply and Mustard Seed programmes. He will be a member of the
Diocesan Leadership Team and will be responsible for shaping and directing
support for mission and ministry across the whole diocese. Ian’s appointment
follows the Revd Richard White’s move to parish ministry in Hull and the retirement
in August of the Revd Dr Gavin Wakefield as Director of Training.
Welcoming the appointment,
Archbishop Stephen said, “It is fantastic news that Ian is coming to join us
in the Diocese of York. His skills in leadership and formation and his
experience of a wide variety of ministry contexts will be great assets to us as
he takes up this hugely significant role as Director of Mission and
Ministry. I pray with confidence that through Ian’s ministry God will
build up his people and enable us to build on the work that has been done here
over many years, so that ministry continues to flourish, serving and growing
churches of missionary disciples.”
Ian said, "I am hugely
delighted to be coming to the Diocese of York and to join with you as we live
out Christ's story. Encouraging and enabling others to be disciples of Christ
has been a passion and commitment of mine and I look forward to working with
you in discovering all that God is doing across the Diocese. I have been
particularly drawn to work in a Diocese which is plainly committed both to
helping us all to flourish and to seek new ways to reach others and to grow. I
look forward to getting to know you, the people and places of this
Diocese."
Ian McIntosh was born in
North London and after University spent a year working as a volunteer in a
church in inner city Manchester. From there he went to train for ordination in
Bristol where he met his wife Nicola. They were ordained deacons in 1990 and
served curacies in adjacent parishes in the suburbs of London before moving to
Leicester where Ian was a University Chaplain and co-ordinator of Reader
training.
From there, they moved to North Bedfordshire to share ministry in
three villages during which time Ian was also Rural Dean. In 2006, Ian became
Director of Studies with the Eastern Region Ministry Course and a year later
was appointed Principal. He moved to his current role as Head of Formation in
the National Ministry Team in 2015. For the last ten years, Ian has also been
an Associate Minister at St Andrew's Bedford. Nicola has recently been both a
hospital and hospice chaplain and they have two adult sons. Ian enjoys novel
reading, eating meals with friends and rowing.
For reasons best known to him,
he supports Spurs but may follow a very good precedent in adopting a local club
when they move to York.