Credentialing Interviews twice a year
- Spring 2020: Friday-Saturday, March 20-21, 2020: Deadline for material submission is a February 19, 2020 postmark or email date. All materials must be typed. Hand written materials will be returned.
- Fall 2020: Friday-Saturday, October 2-3, 2020: Deadline for material submission is a September 2, 2020 postmark or email date. All materials must be typed. Hand written materials will be returned.
- Fall 2021: Friday-Saturday, (dates set at Fall 2020 meeting)
- Your church votes to recommend candidates for licensing. Contact the district office for help with the necessary paperwork by email Frontdesk@pswdcob.org or by phone 909-406-5368.
- Cohort startup information in upper right hand corner (web link)
- All interviews are at Hillcrest in La Verne, CA (see maps below)
Maintaining your License
- Reports are due mid-Summer each year, August 31: Please type your answers into the On-Line GoogleForm. Hand written reports will be returned for typing. Call 909-406-5368 if you need help.
- TRIM & SeBAH: Licensee’s 2019 Progress Report Form (Opens On-Line GoogleForm)
- Covenant of Accountability (fillable PDF) (right click, then choose “save link as…”)
- Email to Licensee
- TRIM & SeBAH: Mentor /Cohort 2019 Report Form (Opens On-Line GoogleForm)
- EFSM: Education for Shared Ministry / EPMC: Educación para un Ministerio Compartido, Licensees
- EFSM-EPMC Minister in Training Report (Opens On-Line GoogleForm)
- EFSM-EPMC District Representative Report (Opens On-Line GoogleForm)
- Mentor / Licensee Guidelines Paper
- TRIM & SeBAH: Licensee’s 2019 Progress Report Form (Opens On-Line GoogleForm)
- Licenses expire at the end of each calendar year
- In order for the Licensed Minister(s) in your congregation to continue in licensed ministry for the next year, your church must have a minuted item from the church council or the church board that the congregation wants the license to be continued. Please mail a copy of this minuted action, by October 1, 2019 to the district office.
- Licensed Ministers with a church position (such as pastor, associate pastor, chaplain, youth leader . . .)
- Each year, to continue in this position (paid or unpaid) for the next year, your church must return these two forms to the district office.
- (1) Approval for Employment of the Licensed Minister – om340 (signed by Church & Ministry Commission)
- (2) The appropriate Renewal or Start-Up Agreement
- Each year, to continue in this position (paid or unpaid) for the next year, your church must return these two forms to the district office.
- Relicensing at District Conference
- Everyone’s licensing renewal service will take place at District Conference during Sunday Morning Worship. Email questions about this required attendance to Ministry Commission Chair Tom Hostetler.
- Resources
- A wide variety of denominational Ministry Papers
- Sign up for your required “Ministerial Ethics Seminar”
- Ministry Readiness Evaluation for ordination and licensing: The Ministry Commission is coordinating this process through the District Executive Minister.
PSWD Nurturing & Credentialing Committee
- NACC Members:
- Chair, John Price (Empire) #2022
- Don Shankster (Papago Buttes) #2021
- Susan Boyer (La Verne) 2020
- John Katonah (Modesto) 2019
- Peggy Redman (Pomona Fellowship) 2023
- NACC Ex Officio with vote:
- District Executive Minister Russ Matteson
- Ministry Commission Chair Clark Youngblood (Circle of Peace, AZ)
- District Moderator Bob Morris (Glendora)
- District Board Chair Nelda Clarke (Tucson)
- Duties of the NACC are in: PSWD Addendum to the Ministerial Leadership paper
- NACC is appointed by, and reportable to, the Ministry Commission of the Pacific Southwest District of the Church of the Brethren.
- Related Ministry Commission appointees:
- TRIM Coordinator
- MTC: Ministry Training Coordinator for SeBAH, EFSM, & EPMC
NACC Meetings for Interviews at Hillcrest in La Verne, CA
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Galen Walker Board Room