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OVERVIEW

All Nations Outreach Christian Council

HISTORY

ANOCC was formed through a merger All Nations Outreach Ministries, namely All Nations Outreach Christian Council.

The ANOCC was registered by Department of Social Development as an NPO on 20 April 2018 and was established by a representative group of ministry practitioners, representing churches and church networks, other ministry institutions, faculties of theology, seminaries and other training institutions, and chaplaincies.

The establishment of the organisation was in response to challenges related to ministry standards and ministry training.

MISSION

ANOCC’s mission and strategic focuses are:

To pursue the establishment of a professional body for “religious professionals” in terms of the NQF Act 2008 and recognised by SAQA;
Through the professional body’s processes to support the professionalisation of religious (church, ministry) practice within the Christian tradition, with a particular focus on the needs of the independent / informal church environment;
As a special case, through the professional body to pursue to the professionalisation of pastoral counselling within the South African regulatory framework;
Through the professional body to develop a training dispensation that will guarantee access to affordable, formal ministry training to current and prospective ministry leaders across the continent, irrespective of challenges implied by their levels of prior learning, financial status, geographic location, etc;
To pursue the coordination (development of a joint vision and strategy) among a wide range of ministry training institutions in South, Southern and sub-Saharan Africa, and through this to strengthen the role churches and Christian ministries can play in the healing of communities in Africa; and
To support efforts of other institutions related to the above, over the continent and internationally.

THE NATURE OF PROFESSIONAL BODY FUNCTIONS TO BE FULFILLED BY ANOCC

In terms of the NQF Act of 2008, SAQA’s Professional body policies and the ANOCC rules, the functions to be fulfilled by ANOCC as professional body are as follows:

Defining generic "professional designations" on various levels of the ministry and pastoring professions, in accordance with the SAQA professionalization guidelines.
Setting and applying training standards and requirements for the different designations.
Registering persons in ministry on the professional database (referred to as “affiliation”) and awarding designations to the qualifying practitioners / professionals.
Setting ethical standards and standards of professional conduct; and applying the related disciplinary practices in respect of the affiliates (registered persons).
Identifying and listing the existing, SAQA accredited ministry qualifications that are recognised as the required learning for the respective designations.
Where accredited qualifications for categories of practitioners or professionals do not exist, the role of the professional body is to facilitate and support the development of new SAQA accredited ministry qualifications on the appropriate levels. ANOCC does this with a particular focus on the development of the qualifications that are geared to overcome the former situation where appropriate training was not accessible and/or affordable to many pastors and ministry leaders.
Developing a formalised Continued Professional Development (CPD) process, which includes setting CPD standards and requirements, accrediting CPD providers and CPD programmes, providing a system to record CPD points earned by practitioners, and monitoring the achievement of CPD points by practitioners.
Developing a SAQA recognised Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process, with related bridging courses and structured CPD programmes, to formally recognise learning and skills development achieved through work experience, former informal and non-formal learning of pastors - towards the awarding of professional designations.

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE

To fulfil its role as professional body the main components are as follows:

Policies and standards are developed, and the execution of professional body functions are overseen, by three committees of the Board, namely the Registration Committee, the Ethical and Disciplinary Committee, and the Training Quality Committee.
An important requirement for the fulfilling of the Professional Body function is an accessible administrative office. The administrative office function is situated in Steenberg, Cape town with the General secretary Prof Dannyboy Pieterse.

CONCLUSION

ANOCC treasures its relationships with the broad spectrum of individuals and institutions who supports the endeavour to make good training, formal qualifications, and focussed, quality assured ministry available within the church and Christian ministry environment in its widest sense.

Below please find the ANOCC EDUVISA webpage link for your perusal.

https://www.eduvisa.co.uk/page/show/35038

CONTACT: Head office: 18 Vrede Road Frogmore Estate STEENBERG, South Africa 7945: Email address: dannyboypieterse5@gmail.com / +27664649280

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