Why Join The Association of Christian Spiritual Directors?
- Do you feel called to a ministry of spiritual direction? Spiritual Direction can be a lonely ministry.
- Join the ACSD to find some spiritual and professional sustenance for your SD ministry.
- Your listing on our website also enables people seeking Spiritual Direction to find you.
If you have spiritual direction clients and are having ongoing supervision for this work, then the Association provides the NZ based professional organisation for you to be part of.
We offer support, collegiality, accountability and resources to support your work as a Spiritual Director.
Why join the Association?
- People seeking Spiritual Direction can find you online. Your name and email contact is listed on the Association web site. This is updated regularly. This is one of the principal places that people in NZ can search for a Spiritual Director.
- Get full contact details of current members, which enables those seeking spiritual direction to locate a director in their area.
- This list also provides names of members who offer Supervision.
- Our membership list also notes whether people offer Supervision or Spiritual Direction via Skype or similar means.
- Come to our Biennial Training Event – an opportunity for refreshment and learning open to members of the Association. Held alternately in the South and North Island.
- You can join the Association as an Associate once you have completed training, and once you have completed 50 hours of supervised spiritual direction (post Training) you can move to Full Membership. The membership form below is for both Associate and Full members.
- There are a number of other categories of membership including student and retired that enable people to be in relationship to the Association without being Full/Associate members
The Association has a small Executive which meets three times a year in Wellington to oversee the work of the Association, including:
- Managing membership requests
- Planning a National Training Event every second year for members only
- Providing content for regular newsletters to members with resource information.
In some regions members arrange local gatherings for companionship, training and/or supervision.
For further information about joining please download and read the following documents….
Pathway to Membership Flowchart Assumptions and Definitions ACSD Membership Covenant and Ethics
Paper on Associate Membership Foundational Aspects of Formation of Spiritual Directors Membership Categories
