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The aim is to provide a clear and transparent process that enables all involved to discern God’s calling.  \nThis document is intended to help Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) churches, and alternative ministry settings related to Baptists Together, to navigate the settlement process. If you have questions, please speak to your Regional Minister, or contact the  \nMinistries Team via [btsp@baptist.org. uk](btsp@baptist.org. uk)  \nContents  \n1.  First Steps  \n2.  Overview of the settlement process  \n3. Frequently asked questions  \n4. Your church profile  \n5. Completing the PVL form  \n6.  Ministers in settlement  \n7.  Ministerial profiles  \n8.  The discernment process  \n9. Issuing a call to a minister  \n10.  Practical matters when preparing for a new minister  \n11. The induction service  \nAppendix 1 : Newly Accredited Ministers  \nAppendix 2: No profiles or too many profiles?  \nAppendix 3: Avoiding discrimination and unconscious bias  \n1 This guide can also be used by those seeking to fill vacancies in alternative ministry settings such as local chaplaincy or pioneering  \nAbbreviations  \nFull terms and their abbreviations are explained as they arise, but for reference:  \nBUGB Baptist Union of Great Britain BTSP Baptists Together Settlement Process  \nPVL Pastoral Vacancy List CMD Continuing Ministerial Development  \nNAM Newly Accredited Minister MiT Minister-in-Training  \n1. First steps  \nIf you are seeking an Accredited Minister to serve your church or community, the place to start is to talk to your Regional Minister who will arrange to meet with your church leadership team. They will explore with you what help and advice you need. This might include leading a `vision day’, taking a Sunday service, or discussing the way forward with a meeting of church members or the whole congregation.  \nYour Regional Minister will wherever possible encourage you to appoint a moderator if you haven’t already done so. A moderator can play a key role in guiding the church through the settlement process. They help you to assess what type of ministry you are seeking; how best to consider the ministerial profiles of prospective ministers; and the way in which you should discern whether a minister is called to your church. Some moderators, depending on their availability, may also be able to support the worship and pastoral life of your church.  \nChurches use a variety of means to establish a group of church members who will enable the search process to operate smoothly. In many churches this will be the leadership team or diaconate. In others it will be a range of church members who together represent the diversity of age, gender and race in the church, or those from different areas of church life. The group, whatever its composition, is described in this document as the `search team’.  \nYou need to identify a small group (ideally 3 or 4 people) who can be trusted to handle any sensitive and confidential information which a prospective minister may need to share with you. While it is relatively rare for there to be confidential information about a minister it is helpful to identify such a group at an early stage. This needs to include at least one person from the search team as well as your Safeguarding Trustee and/or Designated Person for Safeguarding (DPS) . For example, you could have your moderator, church secretary and your DPS. For more information about when this group may be needed, see the section about next steps in section 8.  \n2. Overview of the settlement process  \n1. 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