PREPARATION
FOR MINISTRY
The
mandate of the Committee on Preparation for Ministry, according to the Presbytery
Manual, is as follows:
- Be the committee
charged with the care and supervision of inquirers and candidates, and
perform all functions assigned to that committee by Book of Order G-14.0300
and G-14.0400.
- Be the responsible
agency of the Presbytery for all functions assigned to the Presbytery
by Book of Order G-14.0300 through G-14.0403.
- Maintain and publish,
in consultation with the Council, a Procedures and Requirements Manual
for the Committee which will establish the strategy used by the committee
on behalf of the Presbytery in performing its duties and responsibilities
to the Presbytery and to inquirers and candidates for the ministry.
- Nominate, for election
by Presbytery, elder and minister readers of examinations for candidates
for ordination at the request of the Presbyteries' Cooperative Committee
on Examinations for Candidates.
- Establish Administrative
Commissions to ordain candidates of this presbytery who have calls in
another presbytery in accordance with Manual XII.
- Be the committee
charged with the supervision, care, and certification of elders preparing
for lay pastoral ministry.
Membership
Useful
resources and forms:
Becoming
a Presbyterian Minister
PC(USA)
Vocation and Call discernment resources
PC(USA)
Examination Information
Sample
Ordination Exam Questions
Subcommittee
on Preparation for Lay Pastoral Ministry
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