In addition to the Vicar, Churchwardens and Deanery Synod Representatives there are 12 elected members of the PCC, each elected for a 3 year term. In 2021 there will be elections for 4 members for 3 years, 1 member for 1 year and 2 members for 2 years. The main function of the PCC is “co-operation with the Vicar in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.” It has responsibility for the financial affairs of the church and for the care and maintenance of the church and churchyard. As the PCC is a charity all the members of the PCC are trustees and have the relevant legal duties and responsibilities.
Qualification and nomination for election
A candidate for election to the PCC must be:
- baptised,
- on the church electoral roll and, unless aged under 18 at the date of the election, has been on the roll for at least the preceding six months,
- an actual communicant (i.e. has received Communion according to the use of the Church of England or a Church in communion with it at least three times during the preceding 12 months and is confirmed or ready and desirous of being confirmed),
- at least 16 years old,
- not disqualified from being a charity trustee,
- not included on a barred list,
- not convicted of certain offences, and
- not disqualified from being a member of a PCC.