"Theologically and scripturally ministry in secular employment is proper. This needs to be said because of that question in the Ordinal asking the candidate to lay aside the study of the world and the flesh.  We have to recognise that this principle is ...a cultural reflection of the England of the time rather than an immutable theological principle." [Quote p 289 from Keith Rayner's contribution]

"Any minister in secular employment however much he sees his work focussed in that employment must engage in a ministry of word and sacrament." [Another quote p 289 from Keith Rayner's contribution]

"The report entitled 'For the Sake of the Kingdom' places emphasis on creation. This theology emphasises that God is present in creation and that in every culture in every religion indeed in every situation where human beings live together here is that to which the Christian gospel can relate. God is already present there by virtue of his presence in creation." [Another quote p 290 from Keith Rayner's contribution]

"You are ministers of the church who are called to exercise a ministry in a somewhat different way from those who work through parochial structures.  There has been some discussion as to whether it is the task of ministers in secular employment to bring people into the church and so to add to the church. ... We cannot get away from the fact that if the church has a distinctive role in relation to the kingdom [then] adding to the church must be part of our task. But ... it might not be the immediate task. People may not be ready for the step of coming into the membership of the church ... [and the church] may not be ready to receive them." [Another quote p 291 from Keith Rayner's contribution]

"Much of the ministry in secular employment is essentially diaconal ... this may be one of the distinctive tasks of the diaconate to be at the cutting edge where the church's ministry is being worked out in the world ." [Another quote p 293 from Keith Rayner's contribution]