This is the new Qualities and Evidences Grid in use from September 2026.

These grids are used in the Discernment Process and they seeks to discern the shape of a person’s calling within the Church of England. Inhabiting a quality speaks of a lifelong process that is ever deepening, and it offers resonance with the ancient term ‘habitus’, which speaks of dispositions lived out through being immersed deeply in a wide variety of lived contexts and relationships, all of which shape clergy’s living and calling.

The Qualities are grounded in the Church of England’s Ordinals. There are six Qualities: Love for God, Call to Ministry, Love for People, Wisdom, Fruitfulness, and Potential. These Qualities are explored in the context of a Candidate’s relationship to Christ, the Church, the World, and the Self.