THE QUALIFYING CONNECTIONS
(taken from the Church of England Marriage Measure 2008)
A person has a Qualifying Connection with a parish if:
1. That person:
a. was baptised in the parish. (This does not apply where the baptism formed part of a combined service of baptism or confirmation); or
b. had his or her confirmation entered in a church register book of a church or chapel in the parish; or
c. has at any time had his or her usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months; or
d. has at any time habitually attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months;
or
2. A Parent of that person has at any time during that person’s lifetime:
a. had his or her usual place of residence in the parish for at least 6 months; or
b. habitually attended public worship in the parish for at least 6 months;
3. A Parent or Grandparent of that person was married in the parish.
The references to baptism, confirmation and marriage, and to attending public worship, are all confined to services according to the rites of the Church of England.