Self-supporting minister

In the Church of England, self-supporting ministers[http://www.ministrydevelopment.org.uk/self-supporting-ministers Church of England Ministry Development — Self-supporting ministers] (Accessed 7 January 2018) (SSMs), previously called non-stipendiary ministers (NSMs) or non-stipendiary priests, are ministers who do not receive a stipend. They usually have alternative employment. There were around 2,000 SSMs in the Church of England at the turn of the 21st century and 3,230 in 2016.{{cite journal|url=http://trushare.com/46MAR99/mr99nsms.htm|title=The Challenge of the NSM|last=Schofield|first=Rodney|work=New Directions|date=March 1999|issue=46|accessdate=12 September 2012}}{{cite web | url = https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-10/2016ministrystatistics.pdf | title = Ministry Statistics 2016 | publisher = Church of England | access-date = 2018-02-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180213141944/https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-10/2016ministrystatistics.pdf | archive-date = 2018-02-13}}

Many SSMs identify as Ministers in Secular Employment (MSEs), seeing their work and workplace as the main arena of ministry. The UK national association of MSEs is [https://www.chrism.org.uk/ Christians In Secular Ministry (CHRISM)].