Welcome to the website of ultraliberal Christian minister, and bereavement specialist practitioner, Rev. George Callander.

Minister of the Deerness Chapel Durham, he is Moderator of the Open Free Church a tiny independent denomination combining ultraliberal Christian theology with modern liturgical worship and spirituality and open pastoral care.

Well-known as a bereavement specialist minister (including pet funerals), speaker, trainer and writer, George is a Founding Fellow and President of the Society of Bereavement Practitioners and he writes a monthly column in the professional journal The Funeral Service Times.

Rev George Callander is a Registered Nurse with a background in emergency nursing, critical care and primary care. He is also an accredited bereavement counsellor, hospice chaplain, Freeman of the City of London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Whatever your reason for visiting George’s website, you are indeed very welcome!

 

Welcome one, and welcome all!


Affirmation of Faith

I walk in the footsteps of Jesus - a visionary and teacher from Galilee who invited others through sayings and parables about integrity, justice, inclusiveness and fellowship, to adopt (and trust) a new vision of the ‘sacred’, of one’s neighbour, one’s self, of life and of the world. 

I affirm the significance of his life, teachings and ministry. As a follower of the man, Jesus, I am proud to be an ultra- liberal Christian, embracing the modern liturgical tradition

Adapted from the Canberra Affirmation, 2008

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