For Licensed Ministers

It is our privilege to partner with you in your call to ministry!

 

Our North Central Ohio District Assembly is July 9-11, at the MVNU R. R. Hodges Chapel. Dr. Eugénio R. Duarte will serve as the presiding general superintendent. We ask that all licensed ministers attend the Tuesday evening, July 10, Ordination/Recognition of Ministry Service at 7:30 p.m.

 

All paperwork is due May 1 - no exceptions. The Credentials Board will meet on Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12. (In general, ordination and special circumstance appointments will be held on Friday; district license appointments will be held on Saturday in conjunction with the Studies Board.)

 

Please review the Credential Process and Plan of Examination documents which have important information regarding approved coursework.

 

For reports and applications please use your full name (first middle last).

 

--Will this be your first district license? (you must have had a local license for one full year; attended the Ministry Assessment Center and completed six courses)

--Have you transferred a district license from another district within the last church year?

--Are you a potential candidate for graduation from the course of study?

--Do you have questions about your course of study or call to ministry?

--Did either the Credentials or Studies Board request to meet with you?

--Do you want to be considered for ordination? (you must have graduated the course of study, completed the service requirement and attended the Ministry Assessment Center)

 

-- Contact the district office (ncodistrict@mvnu.edu ; 740-397-5740) to set an appointment with the Credentials Board and/or the Studies Board, in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 12.

-- Follow the steps in Section 2.

 

-- Please complete (on the computer), print, sign all areas and mail to the district office by May 1:

 - The Application for a Minister’s License. 

 - The Pastor’s Evaluation.

 - The Church Board Recommendation form. (Each year the church board of the local church where you are a member must recommend you to the District Assembly for minister's license.)

-- If you have not graduated from the course of study, please complete and mail to Rev. Lester Champer
(169 S. Mansfield Ave., Shelby, OH 44875; fax 419-342-6549) by May 1:

 - The Ministerial Studies Report.

 - Request official transcripts for any course work be sent to Rev. Champer.

 

-- Complete all the above AND

-- Contact the district office (ncodistrict@mvnu.edu ; 740-397-5740) to set an appointment with the Credentials Board in Mount Vernon on Friday, May 11. If married, your spouse must attend.

-- Complete the Application for Ordination by May 1.

 

Please contact me if I can be of further help. May the Lord bless you.

 

Sincerely,

 

David P. Flack

District Secretary