Information for Licensed Ministers

Beginning the Journey: Ministry Assessment Center

All local and district licensed ministers must complete the Beginning the Journey: Ministry Assessment Center.

Click here for the details and the complete application packet.

The next assessment will be held on February 25-26, 2011, and April 1-2, 2011.

Here are the few of the comments from licensed minsters who attended in 2010:

"I felt cared for and listened to"

"I was impressed with the support and concern that Church has for its ministers"

"It gave us a plan to start working forward"

"It's comforting to know there are people who want to see us succeed"

"Everything was done with excellence and love"

"I was apprehensive and a little fearful to put everything about myself out there but it was very affirming"

"I'm excited about the new level of healing I'm about to experience"

2010 District Assembly Information for Licensed Ministers

(All links for documents and forms will be active before April 1; hard copies will not be mailed.)

Our North Central Ohio District Assembly is July 12-14, at the MVNU R. R. Hodges Chapel. Dr. Jesse Middendorf will serve as the presiding general superintendent. We ask that all licensed ministers attend the Tuesday evening, July 13, Ordination/Recognition of Ministry Service at 7:30 p.m.

All paperwork will be due May 1 - no exceptions. The Credentials Board will meet on Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15. (In general, ordination and special circumstance appointments will be held on Friday; district license appointments will be held on Saturday.

Please note 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).

If you answer “yes” to any of these questions, go to Section 1. If “no” to ALL of these questions, go to Section 2.

Will this be your first district license?

(you must have had a local license for one full year and attended the Ministry Assessment Center)

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?

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)

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

Section 1: You need to meet with the Boards:

-- Call the district office (740-397-5740) to set an appointment with the Credentials Board and/or the Studies Board,
in Mount Vernon on Saturday, May 15.

-- Go to Section 2.

Section 2: You do not have to meet with the Boards:

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

-- The Application for a Minister’s License.

-- The Pastor’s Evaluation.

-- The Recommendation to District Assembly 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.

If you are applying for ordination:

-- Complete all the above AND

-- Call the district office and complete the Application for Ordination as soon as possible.

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

Sincerely,

David P. Flack

District Secretary