1. A person will need to be willing to be appointed anywhere in the diocese and display a willingness to join a pool of leaders who will match a Diocesan-wide ministry strategy.
2. They will need to have intellectual capacities to study and reflect on scripture and theology coupled with high regard for these sources.
3. It will be important to have an ability to attract contemporary Australians into relevant church life and display both flexibility and awareness of our context.
4. Any potential ordinand will need to be open to a sensible understanding of the Anglican Ordinal and be willing to work at understanding the essence of Anglicanism: Bible, Creeds, Polity, Liturgies, History and its flexible spirit as expressed in, among other places, the preface to the Book of Common Prayer.
5. Candidates should come from strong parish involvement.