In 2025 the St John’s College Trust Board (SJCTB) changed to a system of bulk funding dioceses/hui amorangi to administer their own scholarship process for academic study as well as for sabbatical funding.
Clergy seeking funding for sabbatical now apply for the funds via the sabbatical application form.
Sabbatical funding rounds will be scheduled twice a year (as was the case with the former SJCTB system). Clergy who are eligible for a sabbatical can now apply in late February and late August for funds. Permission to take sabbatical leave is still required by application through the Ministry Educator’s office. The sabbatical funding application process will then follow, replacing that previously made through SJCTB.
Sabbatical funding may be sought in the same calendar year as the sabbatical is taken. However, as per the Financial Regulations Statute (34), sabbatical applications should be made three months in advance of the intended leave.
Contact Sarah Moss for more details.
Click here to download a copy of the sabbatical application questions, to see what information you will need to prepare. Clergy will be advised when the sabbatical funding rounds are open and provided with application details.
In 2025 a new diocesan process was established to process SJCTB scholarship applications for academic study. A scholarship committee receives scholarship applications; this committee makes recommendations to Diocesan Council (as the recipient of the SJCTB grant); Diocesan Council considers the recommendations and reports back to the Scholarship Committee, who notifies the applicants. At the appropriate time, funds are then paid directly to the recipients. As with the SJCTB process, multiyear scholarship recipients need to apply for a continuation each year.
Clergy wishing to apply for a study scholarship are welcome to contact the Diocesan Ministry Educator Sarah Moss.
Laity wishing to apply for a scholarship are welcome to contact the Diocesan Lay Ministry Developer Karen Spoelstra.
Applications for study in 2026 are currently closed. For applications for study in 2027, communications will be sent out to advise when the scholarship funding rounds are open.